Zofia Kossak was born #OTD in 1889. She was a writer, who co-founded the Polish Council to Aid Jews “Żegota” for which she was proclaimed a Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem. Zofia joined the #WarsawUprising after escaping from German imprisonment. She survived the war.

#OTD in 1944, the BBC radio station broadcasted, in all European languages, a warning to German occupiers of Poland committing war crimes against Poles during the #WarsawUprising.

#OTD in 1940, Winston Churchill delivered his famous speech "The Few" in the UK House of Commons, praising the heroism and bravery of Royal Air Force crews. 2,937 legendary pilots risked their lives for freedom in the summer of 1940. 145 of them were Polish. 303 Polish Squadron was

Life often has its own plans, and our journey in creating Doc Scouts Forever has been no exception. The global pandemic forced a pause in our production but we are back in Warsaw, working in the post-production and actively pursuing new funding opportunities.

Through struggle and discipline, persistence and faith, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. helped move this country forward. As we honor his legacy today, let’s remember the lesson he taught us: that even in the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can help change it.

The map of German-occupied Europe: the death and concentration camps are marked in black, while the ghettos in grey. Today, is International #HolocaustRemembranceDay and the anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp at

On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of #Auschwitz80 we honor survivor Stanislaw Ciszewski. He was a member of #group of #scouts from #Grochow in #Warsaw that were part of the #resistance against #Nazis during the occupation of #Poland in #WWII. scoutforever.com

#OTD in 1940, 140,000 Polish civilians were deported to Siberia in the first of four mass deportations carried out by the NKVD between February 1940 and June 1941. Many of them perished from starvation, disease, and brutal forced labour. In total, up to 1.5 million Polish

In WW2, Witold Pilecki voluntarily entered German KL Auschwitz to organize resistance and gather intelligence. After the war, the communists ruling Poland put him on trial and, sentenced to death #OTD in 1948, and executed a few weeks later. His remains have never been found.

This #WarsawUprising medic Róża Goździewska, born 31 March 1936, was just EIGHT when she reported for duty. In a Home Army field hospital she brought the wounded water, and that smile of hers must've taken away some of the pain. Róża survived WW2 and died in 1989.

🇵🇱Powstanie Warszawskie, 1944 Na zdjęciu: strzelec Karol Lewandowski „Karolek”, 17 lat, ze Zgrupowania „Żniwiarz”. Uchwycony przez obiektyw przed domem przy ul. Mickiewicza 34, Żoliborz. Przeszedł przez niewolę, walczył w II Korpusie, życie zakończył w Holandii. Ale tu – w tej

On 26 September 1946, the Stalinist regime in occupied Poland deprived of Polish citizenship 76 high-ranking officers of the Polish Armed Forces in the West, among others generals Władysław Anders, Stanisław Maczek, Stanisław Sosabowski.

A great Polish Hero Kazimierz Piechowski escaped from the German death camp Auschwitz in 1942 along with 3 other prisoners. They were dressed as members of the SS-Totenkopfverbände, fully armed in a stolen SS staff car, in which they drove out through the "Arbeit Macht Frei"

The fate of those who heroically defended the Polish Post Office in Gdańsk in September 1939 and survived as German prisoners was tragic. Thirty-eight Poles were court-martialled as illegal combatants, sentenced to death and executed #OTD in🗓1939. In breach of all the rules,

Adolf Hitler visited Warsaw only once. He came to witness the German army victorious parade held in the Polish capital on 5 October 1939. 100 miles away, in Kock, the Polish Army was still fighting.

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.app.link/U1D2mj0i2Xb