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Are Poland’s football ultras really supporting the Women’s Strike?

The picturesque squares of Poland, practically empty just a few months ago due to the growing threat of COVID-19, were set ablaze in impassioned protest. The colours on the street…

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9 min

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Holy war in the city of knives: anti-semitism and football on the streets of Krakow

I’ve seen enough episodes of Copa90’s ‘Derby Days’ by now to know that every city has its own unique footballing rivalry. But when Krakow’s two top-flight teams Wisła and Cracovia meet…

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6 min

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Chaim Rumkowski – Give Me Your Children Speech

Dawid Sierakowiak recorded in his diary that at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, on September 4, 1942, Chaim Rumkowski, the Chairman of the Jewish Council of Elders, and Warszawski, the…

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4 min

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Eye Witness Testimony of Gas Chambers built at Belzec – Stanislaw Kozak – 14 October 1945

In the latest of a series looking at eyewitness accounts of the Holocaust, CARR Senior Fellow, Mr Chris Webb presents the troubling account of Stanislaw Kozak, a local Pole who…

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5 min

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Aktion Erntefest – Lublin District – November 1943

In the latest in Senior Fellow, Chris Webb’s series on Jewish Resistance and Concentration Camps of the Holocaust, Webb looks into the biggest mass execution in one day, in the…

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4 min

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The Eyewitness Account of Tadeusz Pankiewicz and the Krakow Ghetto – June 1942

On June 4, 1942, it was the Jews of Krakow who faced the perils and uncertainties of a round-up. A Polish Catholic, Tadeusz Pankiewicz, witnessed the round-up from the window…

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5 min

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Marching with Dabrowski – what the centenary of Polish Independence can tell us about the radical right?

“I could not think of a better way to grasp what is behind the nationalist frenzy than to take part in their public events. On November 11, Poland celebrated National…

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8 min

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The Sobibor Death Camp Revolt – October 14, 1943 – Part 2

Content Warning: The following blog contains depictions of violence within the eyewitness account which some readers may find distressing. Reader discretion is advised. In the second of a two-part series,…

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5 min

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The Sobibor Death Camp Revolt – October 14, 1943 – Part 1

My CARR Blog for October will cover one of the most courageous events of the Second World War, where Jewish prisoners, against all the odds, rose up against their captors…

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5 min

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The EU’s Putin Wannabes

The Austrian Habsburg Empire was famous for its motto: ‘not to lead wars but instead, to marry [and to colonize more territories]’; frequently repeated in Latin, bella gerant alii, tu felix Austria,…

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Are Poland’s football ultras really supporting the Women’s Strike?

Holy war in the city of knives: anti-semitism and football on the streets of Krakow

Chaim Rumkowski – Give Me Your Children Speech

Eye Witness Testimony of Gas Chambers built at Belzec – Stanislaw Kozak – 14 October 1945

Aktion Erntefest – Lublin District – November 1943

The Eyewitness Account of Tadeusz Pankiewicz and the Krakow Ghetto – June 1942

Marching with Dabrowski – what the centenary of Polish Independence can tell us about the radical right?

The Sobibor Death Camp Revolt – October 14, 1943 – Part 2

The Sobibor Death Camp Revolt – October 14, 1943 – Part 1

The EU’s Putin Wannabes

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