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To kill a king: spine-chilling ledger now on show provides details on assassination attempt of King Zygmunt III

Grim details. The accounting ledger detailing the costs of the execution. Kalbar/TFN

Just why Piekarski wanted the king dead was never found out but for his actions the would-be assassin suffered horrific consequences.

Collection of sketches and drawings reveal little-known side of film director Andrzej Wajda

Despite having a string of award-winning films to his name, the director’s first love was painting and the new exhibition entitled the ‘Japanese Notebook’ presents a collection of his drawings depicting the interesting and unique mysteries he came across during his time in the land of the rising sun.

Swiss museum opens exhibition on Polish diplomat heroes

The Jewish Museum of Switzerland in Basel opened an exhibition on Friday documenting the work of Polish diplomats in saving Jews during World War II. The group, under Ambassador Alexander Ładoś, rescued between 8,000-10,000 Jews from the Holocaust.

Disco-vering Disco Polo: a new exhibition puts the spotlight on a genre of music born out of the free-for-all capitalism of the early 90s

It may be mocked and scorned by the cultural elite, but Disco Polo has wormed its way into the national culture.

Snapper tours whole country to capture over 500 patriotic murals

Photographer Wojciech Wilczyk, whose incredible work will be published in a 512-page book entitled “Słownik polsko-polski”, found the incredible murals depicting Polish heroes in virtually every city.

Fascinating story of Vasa kings brought to life at Warsaw’s Royal Castle

The new exhibition entitled ‘The World of the Polish Vasas’ is the crowning finale to the Castle’s Year of the Vasas, which celebrates 400 years since the first king of that dynasty put the finishing touches to the Royal Castle in the five-sided form in which it exists today.

What a star! Copernicus Science Centre is nine-years-old today

On the anniversary of the building's opening, TFN takes a brief look at what’s on offer inside Poland’s largest science centre.

Over 100,000 people visit Auschwitz exhibition in New York

Almost 106,000 people have so far visited the touring exhibition on the history and significance of the former Nazi-German Auschwitz concentration camp in southern Poland, the exhibition in New York opened in May 2019, the Auschwitz Museum said.

Quirky exhibition based on award-winning book Quarks, Elephants and Pierogi opens in London

The book, which introduces people to the Polish language and culture in a fun and light-hearted way, is now the basis for the exhibition at Clapham library which uses a selection of colourful graphics and choice words crucial to understanding Poles, their habits and traditions.

Often ignored Rembrandt takes pride of place in stunning new exhibition

The masterpiece 'The Girl in the Picture Frame' shows off all the artistic skills of the famed painter.

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“Save their memory” urges PM as he announces plans to buy former Nazi-German death camp which is now home to among other things a LUXURY villa

The first German concentration camp established outside the Third Reich, the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp in Austria saw around 30,000 Polish intelligentsia murdered. The total number of victims is estimated at anywhere from 72,000 to 122,000. PM Morawiecki said that “if the memory goes away, it is as if we have provided suffering twice to those who survived the unimaginable hell.”

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Vanishing lives: Descendants of 17th century bearded radicals who fled to Poland from Russia to avoid religious persecution are now facing a new crisis as their numbers slowly dwindle out

It is easy to miss their presence - the three-barred crosses, the wooden banyas and the modest churches – unless you know what to look for. TFN travelled to the regions of Mazury and Suwalszczyzna in north-east Poland to track down the Old Believers, a minority which has almost disappeared, yet which still lingers among the hills, fields and virgin forests in the land of a thousand lakes.

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  • 27/01 Royals, world leaders to attend Auschwitz liberation anniversary
  • 21/04 March of the Living to be held on April 21
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