On 8 May 2022, IPN Deputy President, Prof. Karol Polejowski participated in an English-language conference devoted to the issue of the crime of genocide committed against Poles by Soviet Russia, at the Polish Catholic Centre in Leamington Spa. During the meeting issues related to the Katyn massacre and the so-called Polish Operation were discussed.
Promoting the term “liberation” to denote the entry of the Red Army into several European countries – in 1939, 1944–45 and later on – was a fundamental element and starting point for image-building activities intended to disguise Soviet imperialism and Joseph Stalin’s policy towards these countries.
On 9 May 2022, the IPN exhibition “Trails of Hope. The Odyssey of Freedom” is being launched in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Citizens of this country and local Polish community will be able to see it, among others in Tehran and Isfahan.
Ceremonies commemorating the anniversary of the Constitution of 3 May 1791, were held in Castle Square in Warsaw. The Deputy President of the Institute of National Remembrance, Mateusz Szpytma, Ph.D., participated in the celebrations.
On the 3rd of May each year the Poles celebrate the anniversary of the passing of their 1791 constitution, the first such document of its kind in Europe and only the second in the world.
On 2 May, we are celebrating the Day of Polish Communities and Poles Living Abroad. Taking this opportunity, we would like to sum up the IPN's activities devoted to Poles living outside Poland. The Institute of National Remembrance acting under Article 53 point 4 of the Act on the Institute of National Remembrance “promotes in the country and abroad the results of its work and research of other institutions, organisations and people concerning the issues being the subject of its activity.
Radio Free Europe was founded in 1949 in New York by the National Committee for a Free Europe. The objective was to transmit programs to the countries of the Eastern Europe and thus undermine information monopoly of the censored official propaganda.
The IPN is participating in the project aimed at educating the world about Polish history, and here we are presenting collected texts by the IPN's President Jaroslaw Szarek.
We encourage you to read some educational materials on the subject.
To this day, the Germans and Austrians are not certain how to deal with the grim legacy of concentration camps. The trivialisation of memory adds to the lack of knowledge about the camps among the younger generations.
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