Polish and Romanian posters for the 1986 film The Gold Train. A co-production between Poland & Romania about the evacuation of Polish gold bullion in 1939. I knew about the gold train but not that there was a movie. I will have to give it a watch. 🇵🇱 🎥 🇷🇴

📢 EVENT REMINDER 📢 Three more weeks until @UnaBergmane joins us to present and discuss her new book "Politics of Uncertainty" 📅6 April 2023 ⏰16.00 - 18.00 CET 📍 Utrecht University, Drift 25 - Room 301. 3512 BR Utrecht For more info on the event: coldwarresearchnetwork.nl/2023/02/22/boo…

On 20 March 1942 The "Anchor", a sign of Poland’s fight for independence, appeared for the first time on the walls of Warsaw. It was a symbol of hope for regaining Polish independence from its occupation by Nazi Germany. It was widely used during World War II.

🇷🇺 export en masse and destroy documents from 🇺🇦 archives This is an old #Soviet practice of obliterating the traces of its crimes. Pictured: a memo from KGB chief Shelepin in 1959, requesting the destruction of the files of 21,857 🇵🇱officers executed in 1940. #History #Russia

East German border guards carry away a refugee who was wounded by #EastGerman gunfire as he dashed through border installations toward the #BerlinWall in 1971. via rarehistoricalphotos.com/berlin-wall-pi…

We are thrilled to finally announce the adapted programme of LSE International History Seminar research seminar for Summer Term 2023! Register now & join us online: eventbrite.co.uk/o/lse-hy509-26…

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On 5 May 1846, Henryk Sienkiewicz, a famous Polish novelist, journalist and Nobel Prize laureate, was born.

On 12 May 1935 Józef Piłsudski, Polish statesman and First Marshal of Poland died in Warsaw. Visit our website: polishhistory.pl

On 4 June 1989, Solidarity's win in the first (somewhat) free parliamentary elections in post-war Poland sparks off a succession of peaceful anti-communist revolutions in Eastern Europe, resulting in the creation of the so-called Contract Sejm and beginning the Autumn of Nations.

Best pic so far illustrating turnout at today’s opposition rally in Warsaw. Sadly can’t find who snapped it.

Today marks the 79th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising against German occupation, the largest military operation by any European resistance movement in WWII. Sylwester Braun, a member of the resistance, documented the dramatic and tragic events on film notesfrompoland.com/2021/07/28/the…

One of the most powerful photos I know from the first day of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, 55 years ago today.

Back to school shopping in #coldwar Poland in the 1960s.

The 84th anniversary of the Soviet aggression on Poland on 17 September 1939. #HistoryMatters

Happy 80th Lech!

CfP: "Humanitarian and Development Aid during the Cold War" March 21-22, #2024, Bucharest, ROMANIA Organizer: New Europe College Deadline: February 2nd, 2024. #conference #Researchpaper #humanitarianaid #UN #CFP rohumaid.wordpress.com/home-2/news/?f…

My research is available on ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication/38…

My research is available on ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication/38…

Applications from graduate students for the 2024-2025 Cold War Archives Research (CWAR) Institute are now being accepted. The deadline to apply is Sunday, September 1, 2024. wilsoncenter.org/opportunity/ca…