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The Politics of Memory

Rafał Rogulski and Anna Wachowiak from the European Network Remembrance and Solidarity to talk about how a nation’s memory plays into a sense of identity. Jerzy Ochoński/PAP

In this week’s Debrief Rafał Rogulski and Anna Wachowiak from the European Network Remembrance and Solidarity talk about how a nation’s memory plays into a sense of identity.

‘Death camp dog tours aim to return victims’ dignity and open dialogue’ says Kraków Jewish group

Titled Żyd, Sąsiad i Pies (Jew, Neighbour and Dog), the free two-hour tours at the site of the Płaszów concentration camp where an estimated 8,000 Jews were killed during WWII, have sought to open dialogue with local residents whilst simultaneously educating them as to how to use the site in a way that is respectful of Jewish burial laws.

New ‘chamber of memory’ to honour thousands of civilians killed during Warsaw Uprising

Due to open in mid-2022, the memorial will feature over 62,000 brass plaques with the names of those who died, with many left blank so that new names can be entered as research into naming all the victims continues.

Black Sunday, the largest wave of arrests during Nazi occupation, remembered for first time

Held by the newly-established KL Plaszow Museum, the commemorations will honour the memory of the 6,000 Poles arrested on August 6th, 1944.

Couple in race to save Nazi canteen where Auschwitz SS guards partied after killing

Erected at the end of March 1942, the canteen was where members of the SS garrison would go to eat, drink and be entertained after clocking off from killing shifts. Dagmar Kopijasz from the foundation that is trying to save the building, said it was an integral part of the camp as much as the red-brick buildings of the Auschwitz main camp and the wooden barracks of Birkenau.

English Heritage issues plea for memories of elite Polish unit that trained at UK stately home during WWII

The Cichociemni, or the Silent Unseen, were elite special-operations paratroopers trained in the UK to carry out covert operations, sabotage and intelligence-gathering in occupied Poland. Most of them completed their training at Audley End House, an early 17th-century country house outside Saffron Walden, Essex, England, one of the finest Jacobean houses in the UK.

Sensitive and ‘dialogue-provoking’ design for Cursed Soldiers’ monument unveiled

Seeking to arouse feelings of respect while giving a clear message to future generations, the team behind it chose to meet the challenge by designing “monumental glass casts” in which “silhouettes of soldiers on a 1:1 scale would be placed in cuboids”.

Silesian firm aims to build on success in European DRAM market

Europe’s only producer of component vital for computers aims to expand production and hit the German market big time.

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Monte Cassino veteran and friend of Wojtek the bear dies aged 95

Ludwik Jaszczur, who was originally from the village of Blizne in Podkarpacie, died on Monday at his home in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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  • Polish MoD satisfied with US approval for sale of rocket launchers

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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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