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No-budget amateur film detailing the fate of Silesians at the hands of the Red Army in 1945 becomes overnight hit

The film is set against the backdrop of the Upper Silesian Tragedy, a collective trauma that was suppressed throughout the communist period. Press materials

VIDEO: With no professional distribution, at its premiere the feature-length film entitled ‘Liberated’ and starring 95 amateur actors and extras was attended by a staggering 2,000 people in a venue with a seating capacity of only 350.

With or without its Christmas Market, Wrocław’s main square is Poland’s best

With its roofs dusted with snow, there’s few finer sights than the Rynek in December. Yet even outside of these months it’s a place to cherish and hold to your heart.

‘It’s perhaps not the easiest thing in the world to find beauty in Silesia or Katowice’: an artist turns heads with pictures of his home region

Magical and mystical and set against the backdrop of Silesia, the work of Grzegorz Chudy is like no other.

Wrocław has a lot to offer, but the tale behind its Iglica spire is an odd one, as Webber’s World finds out

This weekend signals one of Wrocław’s stranger anniversaries - the construction in 1948 of a 106-metre tall spire which was promoted as a victory of Polish technology and a symbol of Polish Wrocław. But then it was hit by lightning…

Pyramids of Ustroń Zawodzie to be ‘revived and expanded’ in astonishing new project

The pyramids of Ustroń Zawodzie are to be handed a new lease of life courtesy of two of the country’s best-known architects – Robert Konieczny of KWK Promes and Maciej Franta of the Franta Group.

New documents reveal WWII may have started in Silesia and NOT Westerplatte or Wieluń

Discovered in the archives of the Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum in London,  the two deciphered telegrams show reports by Polish army units that the German army had crossed the Polish border on the outskirts of Rybnik alongside a large group of German tanks an hour earlier than attacks on Wieluń and Westerplatte.

EU chief responds to Poland with a call for prompt clean energy transition

The European Commission president has reacted to an energy resolution adopted by Poland's Silesia mining region by suggesting the reduction in overall demand for fossil fuels.

Glamourous, fun-loving Princess of Silesia to have whole of 2023 named in her honour

Dubbed the Princess Diana of her time, Princess Daisy von Pless was known not only for her exceptional beauty and extravagant parties but also for her humanitarian work which is remembered to this day.

Praised by Nigella Lawson, English-language cookbook seeks to take pierogi to the British market

Titled simply ‘Pierogi - Over 50 Recipes to Create Perfect Polish Dumplings’, Nigella Lawson has praised it as “an utter joy”. Now, the author hopes pierogi will find their place in the conscience of the international foodie.

Postcard showing side-burned sailor is named Gdańsk’s oldest – but experts baffled by series of ‘mysteries’

Sent on February 29th, 1888, the postcard depicts a side-burned sailor puffing on a pipe, as well as the iconic crane building standing on the city’s quayside. The postcard’s recipient was a company director called Berhard Lahs who lived in the Silesian town now known as Kamieniec Ząbkowicki.

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Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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