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Los Angeles museum unveils plaque commemorating Poles who saved Jews

The plaque was unveiled on the initiative of President Andrzej Duda's office in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Consulate General of Poland in Los Angeles

Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust has unveiled a plaque commemorating Poles who saved Jews during the Second World War under a tree dedicated to Poles at the museum's Pan Pacific Park.

Culture minister to meet film industry representatives in LA

Meetings with US film industry representatives and the premiere of the film 'Poland: The Royal Tour' are the main points of a visit by Polish Culture Minister, Deputy PM Piotr Gliński to Los Angeles. On Sunday he will meet members of the local Polish diaspora.

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HERO! Polish chef tackles London Bridge terrorist with 1.5-metre narwhal tusk
Old black and white photos of Warsaw Uprising brought to life in incredible colour
Miracle-worker surgeon becomes first Pole in history awarded prestigious fellowship

Art & Culture

Maria Dębska stars as ‘rebel’ sex symbol Kalina Jędrusik in powerful new biopic

Telling one year in the life of Jędrusik, the film looks at how the singer/actress struggled with expectations imposed on her by society, which director Katarzyna Klimkiewicz describes as “a universal topic and always up to date. Each of us has to face what is considered appropriate for sex, age, etc. Kalina was in the spotlight, adored and hated, she experienced these dilemmas in extreme form.”

The first report:

Bulgaria to open tourist representation in Poland
Poland enjoys record-high financial credibility - dep FinMin
British writer speaks on Poles' role in decoding Enigma
PM says Poland's economy can expand by over 3 pct
Poland to mark Polish Science Day

'My mum was kidnapped by Hitler's SS!'

During WW II, the Germans kidnapped up to 200,000 ‘racially suitable’ Polish children for adoption by senior Nazis. In a harrowing, exclusive interview, TFN speaks to the son of one of the ‘Lebensborn’. What makes his story unusual though, is that with no real family of her own in Poland, Dariusz Dziekan’s mother quickly got back in contact with her German adopted mother after the war and Dziekan grew up knowing this woman simply as Grandma.

Dan Session
Sad but beautiful! Why are Polish christmas carols so miserable?

Why So Serious?
A chance encounter on the remote Faroe Islands leads to a meeting with a remarkable Polish woman.

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09/01 - 29/03 Exhibition of impressionist prints opens in Poznan
21/01 - 27/02 Exhibition honouring Polish WWII courier opens in Rome
21/04 March of the Living to be held on April 21
19/05 - 23/05 Canadian music event an opportunity to strengthen relations - ambassador

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