And finally an English (US) translation of Melchior Wańkowicz's landmark "Battle of Monte Cassino" has been published in US, I bought my copy online in UK. Listen to the Ognisko Polskie podcast with the book's translator Charles S Kraszewski open.spotify.com/episode/7t5LTI…

20.9.24: Sounds of Poland – Szymanowski Piano Music Peter Jablonski – a global ambasador of Szymanowski’s music in conversation with Anastasia Belina Info & 🎟️👇 ogniskopolskie.org.uk/events/sounds-…

'Biba attracted troublemakers': Barbara Hulanicki on breaking rules and revolutionising fashion - #MyLondyn bbc.com/culture/articl…

TONIGHT! Meet the celebrated artist Elżbieta Stanhope at tonight’s event paying tribute to her grandmother who kept an extraordinary journal between 1914 - 1917 Please note that this event is in the Salonik and pre-booking is essential 🎟️👇… ogniskopolskie.org.uk/events/el%C5%B…

Ryszard Kaja - Zaduszki (z cyklu Polska) (plakat), 2012. #PolishMastersofArt

How would you celebrate your 102nd birthday? Pani Waleria Sawicka is at Ognisko Polskie today Dwiescie lat! open.spotify.com/episode/1BAF8l…

Polecam: born in Poland in 1907 Franciszka Themerson trained as a musician, graphic designer & painter in Warsaw. Collaborating with her husband, Stefan Themerson they are the most important experimental filmmakers in inter-war Poland Tate tate.org.uk/visit/tate-bri…

With my son I learnt a new phrase today: Celebrowac momenty I will add it to 🇵🇱Za to walczylismy 🇵🇱 Polka urodzona w Anglii Polish Embassy UK 🇵🇱 Piotr Wilczek Polish Cultural Institute in London Ognisko Polskie Polish at Heart

Next Friday at Posk Talk on Britain's 🇬🇧 Polish 🇵🇱 Solidarity Campaign by British/Polish author Wiktor Moszczyński and special guest Ewa Cwirko Godycka. 📌 Atrium ⏰️ 7.00pm

December 12 1944 -Ypres, Belgium - General Maczek is welcomed by the mayor, Jean Vanderghote, local dignitaries & children

Home at last! This morning Konrad “Radders” H had a wonderful delivery, listen to the amazing story behind the return of this stolen #MonteCassino medal Ognisko Polskie Polish Embassy UK 🇵🇱 Kresy Family WWII Polish history group Polish Cultural Institute in London podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mon…

17.1.25:Anniversary of the start of the Battle of Monte Cassino. Ognisko Polskie with Polish Cultural Institute in London & @MyLondyn have created a series of unique podcasts for the 80 anniversary of the battle. Follow the links on our home page to listen: ogniskopolskie.org.uk Kresy Family WWII Polish history group

OTD 85 years ago 10.2.1940 at 2am Soviet NKWD started the forced deportations of Polish families to Siberia and the wider USSR. Listen to my podcast with Norman Davies author of The Trail Ognisko Polskie Stanley Bill Roger Moorhouse 🇺🇦 open.spotify.com/episode/1NuK1m…

9/10.2.25: 85th Anniversary of the beginning of mass deportation of Poles from Soviet-occupied Poland to the USSR - “Wywózki” on the night of the 9 to the 10 February 1940 - By 1945, out of the c.1,400,000 deported to Russia from Poland, only about 554,000 survived

Bardzo poruszające zdjęcie. Na tułaczce. Z Matką. Przy Matce. Pod Twoją Obronę. Mieli krótką chwilę, żeby zabrać ze sobą to co najważniejsze. 85 lat od pierwszej deportacji Polaków przez zbrodniarzy sowieckich na Syberię.

🧵#OTD 85 years ago Stalin’s forced deportations out of Poland began. The Soviets had a system: Polish military and other state functionaries resident in Soviet-occupied Poland were deported in February 1940 to Siberia; 1/5