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6 03, 2022

March 7, 2022 – Pulaski Day

2026-04-01T21:18:08-06:00

March 7 , is Casimir Pulaski Day, a local holiday officially observed in Illinois, on the first Monday of March in memory of Casimir Pulaski, a Revolutionary War cavalry officer [...]

March 7, 2022 – Pulaski Day2026-04-01T21:18:08-06:00
8 01, 2022

Auschwitz Not long ago. Not far away – Exhibition in Kansas Union Station until March 20, 2022

2022-02-08T19:29:55-06:00

An International Exhibition of Unprecedented Importance. A Story to Shake the Conscience of the World. Auschwitz Not long ago. Not far away. Kansas City Union Station June 14, 2021 - March 20, [...]

Auschwitz Not long ago. Not far away – Exhibition in Kansas Union Station until March 20, 20222022-02-08T19:29:55-06:00
8 12, 2021

“Pondering Pole” by Ed Poniewaz

2022-02-10T23:20:41-06:00

Ed Poniewaz, The Polish American Journal columnist,  has assembled a collection of his columns from 2016 to 2019, and is offering them in a softcover book, aptly titled The Pondering [...]

“Pondering Pole” by Ed Poniewaz2022-02-10T23:20:41-06:00
30 01, 2021

Socialist Morality and the Nonexistent Gays in the People’s Republic of Poland

2021-06-19T21:57:56-06:00

FROM HUMAN RIGHTS TO GENDER RIGHTS This talk explores the evolution of official perceptions of homosexuality in postwar Poland, from the consolidation of communist rule in 1945 to its [...]

Socialist Morality and the Nonexistent Gays in the People’s Republic of Poland2021-06-19T21:57:56-06:00
11 12, 2020

Dec. 8, 2020 A City Tried to Move a Monument. The Fight That Ensued Shows the Power of History

2023-07-11T20:38:22-06:00

A City Tried to Move a Monument. The Fight That Ensued Shows the Power of History BY KEITH LOWE   DECEMBER 8, 2020, 12:00 PM EST In Jersey City, overlooking the [...]

Dec. 8, 2020 A City Tried to Move a Monument. The Fight That Ensued Shows the Power of History2023-07-11T20:38:22-06:00
27 10, 2020

Reconstruction of Warsaw – Virtual Presentation hosted by the St Louis County Library – Dec. 15, 2020, 2PM Central Time

2020-11-29T15:02:23-06:00

Join us to learn about the largest urban reconstruction project of the city annihilated as a result of the war.  In January 1945, Warsaw was a virtual sea of ruins – [...]

Reconstruction of Warsaw – Virtual Presentation hosted by the St Louis County Library – Dec. 15, 2020, 2PM Central Time2020-11-29T15:02:23-06:00
21 01, 2020

“Who Will Write Our History” – movie screening on Sunday Jan 26, 2020 at 1PM

2020-01-30T17:00:48-06:00

Who Will Write Our History, Directed by Roberta Grossman, USA, 2018, 95 minutes .  English, Yiddish, and Polish with English subtitles Before he was murdered by the Gestapo, Emmanuel [...]

“Who Will Write Our History” – movie screening on Sunday Jan 26, 2020 at 1PM2020-01-30T17:00:48-06:00
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