Losses and Repression

One of the most famous Warsaw underground organizations during World War II was Żegota. It was one of the few groups that worked to save Jews. It was founded by the Polish government, which was in exile as a result of the occupation. The members and organizers of Żegota were Continue Reading

During World War II, the fate of psychiatric patients turned out to be one of the most tragic and little-known pages in history. People with mental disorders became the first victims of the Nazi regime’s policy of “racial hygiene” and forced euthanasia. Under the slogans of “purifying society” and “freeing Continue Reading

The Deputy Minister of Culture noted that Poland suffered the greatest human losses in World War II, with about 3 million Jews living in the country killed. Therefore, Warsaw should seek reparations from Berlin. Poland called its casualties in World War II the greatest. Poland suffered the greatest human losses Continue Reading

From the moment Germany invaded the Soviet Union, the extermination of European Jewry began. Initially, these operations were carried out by mobile killing squads consisting of special units (Einsatzgruppen), German police detachments, and local collaborators who were in close contact with the German army (Wehrmacht). These units accompanied the army, Continue Reading

Julian Noga (Poland – Austria – USA) Julian’s parents, Polish Catholics, emigrated to the USA before World War I. However, his mother soon returned to Poland, where Julian was born in a village near Tarnów. He grew up on a small four-acre farm in Skrzynka, which his mother ran alone—his Continue Reading

World War II, which engulfed Europe from September 1939 to May 1945, brought unprecedented destruction and human loss to the continent. Millions of people died on the front lines, from starvation, disease, repression, and genocide. Europe became the main theater of war, where the world’s largest armies clashed, and the Continue Reading