September 29-30, 1944 – The Warsaw Uprising, Part 7
We are ending our series of blog posts about the Warsaw Uprising — which has drawn from our award-winning book The Color of Courage, by…
September 29, 2024
Home Army
September 1-2, 1944 – The Warsaw Uprising, Part 6
Continuing our series of blog posts about the Warsaw Uprising, drawing from our award-winning book The Color of Courage, by Julian Kulski: CHAPTER 6 AGE…
September 1, 2024
August 21-22, 1944 – The Warsaw Uprising, Part 5
Continuing our series of blog posts about the Warsaw Uprising, drawing from our award-winning book The Color of Courage, by Julian Kulski: CHAPTER 6 AGE…
August 21, 2024
August 12, 1944 – The Warsaw Uprising, Part 4
Continuing our series of blog posts about the Warsaw Uprising, drawing from our award-winning book The Color of Courage, by Julian Kulski: CHAPTER 6 AGE…
August 12, 2024
August 8, 1944 – The Warsaw Uprising, Part 3
Continuing our blog series on the Warsaw Uprising, drawing from our award-winning book The Color of Courage, by Julian Kulski: CHAPTER 6 AGE 15: 1944…
August 8, 2024
August 5, 1944 – The Warsaw Uprising, Part 2
Continuing with our series of blog posts about the Warsaw Uprising, we will draw from our award-winning book The Color of Courage—A Boy at War:…
August 5, 2024
August 1, 1944 – The Warsaw Uprising Begins, Part 1
80 years ago today, on August 1, 1944, the Warsaw Uprising began. “At exactly five o’clock, as planned, a wave of explosions and bursts of…
August 1, 2024
POSK Leaders Awarded Medals
On July 9, 2024, leaders of POSK (Polski Ośrodek Społeczno-Kulturalny, or Polish Social and Cultural Association) in London were awarded the Reipublicae Memoriae Meritum medal…
July 12, 2024
June 30, 1943 – General Grot-Rowecki Arrested by Gestapo
On June 30, 1943, General Stefan ‘Grot’ Rowecki, head of the Polish Underground Army (Armia Krajowa, AK or Home Army) was arrested by the Gestapo…
June 30, 2024
May 13, 1901 – Polish Hero Witold Pilecki Born
Polish hero Witold Pilecki was born on May 13, 1901 into a patriotic Polish family in Olonets, a small town in Karelia near the Finnish…
May 13, 2024
The Little Insurgent Statue – Warsaw
The Little Insurgent statue stands on Podwale Street in Warsaw, just outside the Barbican walls that protect Warsaw Old Town. Designed and created by sculptor…
March 4, 2024
February 14, 1942: Armia Krajowa Formed
February 14, 1942: The Armia Krajowa (AK or Home Army) was formed in German-occupied Poland. The Home Army was the military arm of the Polish…
February 14, 2024
