Anniversaries & holidays 21.03.2023 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 21 March was proclaimed the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in 1966 by the United Nations General Assembly.
Anniversaries & holidays 18.01.1943 The first armed struggle of the Warsaw Ghetto At dawn of 18 January 1943, German forces entered the Warsaw ghetto and began a round-up of its inhabitants which lasted several days.
Anniversaries & holidays 16.12.1922 100th anniversary of president Gabriel Narutowicz death Gabriel Narutowicz served as Poland’s first president. However, he’s perhaps best known for the fact that a radical nationalist assassinated him five days after he took office, on December 16, 1922.
Anniversaries & holidays 27.09.2022 80 years ago the Committee to Aid Jews was established On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the Committee, we present the story of this secret organization and the people who make it up.
Anniversaries & holidays 27.04.2022 Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) On 27th April, Israel will observe its Yom HaShoah national holiday – Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Anniversaries & holidays 20.04.2022 - online Birthday of Alina Margolis-Edelman – Matron of the Year 2022 On the 100th anniversary (almost to the date) of Alina Margolis Edelman’s birthday, her family and friends will reminisce about her.
Anniversaries & holidays 105th anniversary of Zuzanna Ginczanka’s birthday Establishing the birth date of Zuzanna Ginczanka is somewhat problematic—some sources quote 15 March 1917, others quote 9 March 1917 or 22 March 1917.
Anniversaries & holidays 8.03.1968 March '68. Historical facts The student rally held at the University of Warsaw on 8 March 1968 and brutally suppressed by the communist authorities turned out to be a spark that ignited one of the most complex socio-political crises in the postwar history of Poland.
Anniversaries & holidays 4.12.2022 80th anniversary of establishing "Żegota" Council to Aid Jews On 4 December 1942, "Żegota" Council to Aid Jews was established—the only state organisation in Europe whose aim was to help Jews.
Anniversaries & holidays Anniversary of granting Nobel Prizes to Polish Jews In December, we celebrate anniversary of granting Nobel Prizes to distinguished figures from within the community of Polish Jews.
Anniversaries & holidays 5.12.2021 Anniversary of Władysław Szpilman's birth The POLIN Museum collection boasts a keepsake that used to belong to Władysław Szpilman who was born 110 years ago—his tie
Anniversaries & holidays 15.11.2011 Anniversary of Jakub Goldberg's death Reminescing Jakub Goldberg.
Anniversaries & holidays 18.09.1946 The Anniversary of Discovering the Ringelblum Archive On 18 September 1946, ten metal boxes of the Warsaw ghetto archive were retrieved from the ruins of a building at 68 Nowolipki Street
Anniversaries & holidays 12.09.1921 Anniversary of Stanisław Lem's birthday Stanisław Herman Lem b. 12 September 1921 in Lvov – writer, futurologist, literary critic.
Anniversaries & holidays 6.09.2011 Anniversary of the passing of distinguished film director Janusz "Kuba" Morgenstern Wooden cane with a silver handle, one of Janusz Morgenstern’s keepsakes from his family, is now held by the POLIN Museum collection.
Anniversaries & holidays 2.08.2022 The Treblinka uprising 79th anniversary of the Treblinka uprising.
Anniversaries & holidays 2.08.2022 The International Day of Remembrance for the Extermination of the Roma Anniversary of the extermination of the Roma in Auschwitz-Birkenau camp