Anders Army Soldiers List and Records Researching an Anders Army soldier often begins with a name, a family story, a photograph, a medal, a service number or a place connected with wartime exile. The term Anders Army usually refers to the Polish Armed Forces formed in...
Why Did Jews Settle in Poland? The history of Jewish migration to Poland reaches back to the Middle Ages and developed over many centuries. Jewish settlement was shaped by trade routes, legal privileges, political protection, economic opportunity and the relative...
Polish Diaspora in the USA – Then and Now The Polish diaspora in the USA developed through several historical waves shaped by political partitions, economic hardship, industrial labor, war, displacement and later voluntary migration. Polish immigrants built...
Who Founded Poland? Of legends and history The question of who founded Poland has two answers, depending on whether the asker means the legend or the documented history. In folklore the founder is Lech, one of three Slavic brothers who settled by an oak tree in...
Guide to Polish-American holidays Polish-American holidays sit at the meeting point of two histories. The Polish liturgical and folk calendar carried by emigrants since the nineteenth century, and the official commemorations created on American soil to mark the...
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