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Olga Boznańska – Kraków, Munich, Paris
Olga Helena Karolina h. Nowina Boznańska was born in Kraków on 15. April 1865. Her mother Eugénie Mondant (1832-1892), was a teacher who came from the French… more
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“The children all spoke broken German with a Polish accent. After a while, Frahm came in and said that the children should remove their clothes. I saw that they were rather reluctant to do so, and… more
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According to the Danzig City Councillor and author of a catalogue of works published in 1890 in Danzig, Julius C. Block, Jeremias Falck was “born in a German city, a German artist […] But merit… more
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Some of the trained soldiers were later dropped on the Polish territory as Cichociemni (the "Silent Unseen"). The 2nd Brigade was enforced by the 2nd Rifle Battalion and at the request of Sosabowski… more
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The estate of Aureli Topolnicki, resident between 1945 and 1951 in the DP camp in Wildflecken (Durzyn)
The estate of Aureli Topolnicki (1907–1988) comprises 147 documents (including some copies),… more
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Jan de Weryha – Modern Abstract Art in Wood
Parallels with abstract modernism are obvious. Memories are evoked by a tour of the museum-like exhibition rooms in Hamburg-Bergedorf (the so-called de… more
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he alphabetical list of Polish citizens buried at the English military cemetery in Dürnbach contains the Polish equivalent of the military grade, surname and first name, type of unit, service number… more
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Only six graves remain, three are considered missing and four have not been located. In 1959, the Polish minority magazine "Polok" informed about the levelling of Polish war graves in Meppen. Small… more