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Karol Badyna's statue of Polish resistance fighter, Jan Karski (NYC) Poland Ww2, Polish People, Army History, Memorial Museum, Bronze, Art Sculptures, Central Europe, Warsaw, Sculptures

Memorial Museum

Karol Badyna's statue of Polish resistance fighter, Jan Karski (NYC)

Krystyna Skarbek (1 May 1915 – 15 June 1952) was a Polish Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent who became a legend in her own time for her daring exploits in intelligence and sabotage missions to Nazi-occupied Poland and France; her noms de guerre Christine Granville and Madame Pauline Armand. She was awarded and Order of the British Empire and the Croix de Guerre. Click through for her full story. Great Women, Amazing Women, Amazing People, Brave Women, Badass Women, Before Us, Mug Shots, Famous Women, Portraits

Krystyna Skarbek (1 May 1915 – 15 June 1952) was a Polish Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent who became a legend in her own time for her daring exploits in intelligence and sabotage missions to Nazi-occupied Poland and France; her noms de guerre Christine Granville and Madame Pauline Armand. She was awarded and Order of the British Empire and the Croix de Guerre. Click through for her full story.

Pola Negri, Polish silent film star, born as Apolonia Chałupiec. She used to date Rudolph Valentino :) Glamour Vintage, 1920s Glamour, Vintage Beauty, Vintage Makeup, Vintage Hair, Vintage Mode, Vintage Ladies, 1920s Headpiece, Headdress

Glamour Vintage

1920s Headpiece

Pola Negri, Polish silent film star, born as Apolonia Chałupiec. She used to date Rudolph Valentino :)

✿ Emilia Wilk ✿ Polish painter Eric Zener, Anna Rose, Contemporary Abstract Art, Women Figure, Classical Music, Figurative Art, Rose Scott, Celebrities

Contemporary Abstract Art

Classical Music

✿ Emilia Wilk ✿ Polish painter

Helena Modrzejewska (Modjeska) (born Oct. 12, 1840, Kraków, Pol.—died April 9, 1909, Bay Island, Newport Beach, near Los Angeles), Polish-American actress whose repertory included 260 Shakespearean and contemporary roles, some in both Polish and English. Famous Polish People, Famous People, Muse Music, Unusual Art, Krakow, Newport Beach, Art World, American Actress

Famous Polish People

American Actress

Helena Modrzejewska (Modjeska) (born Oct. 12, 1840, Kraków, Pol.—died April 9, 1909, Bay Island, Newport Beach, near Los Angeles), Polish-American actress whose repertory included 260 Shakespearean and contemporary roles, some in both Polish and English.

Lucyna A. Smykowska

Lucyna A. Smykowska

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Prince And Princess

Prince and Princess Radziwill.

Wanda Rutkiewicz (1943–1992) was a Polish mountain climber. She was the first woman to successfully summit K2. On 16 October 1978, she became the third woman, the first European woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. In 1986 she became the first woman to successfully climb and descend K2, which she did without supplemental oxygen, as part of a small expedition led by Lilliane and Maurice Barrard. The Barrards died on the descent, becoming two of thirteen climbers to die on K2 that summer. Polish Mountains, Bessie Coleman, The Descent, The Chosen One, Mountain Climbers, Folk Music, Mountaineering

Polish Mountains

Mountain Climbers

Wanda Rutkiewicz (1943–1992) was a Polish mountain climber. She was the first woman to successfully summit K2. On 16 October 1978, she became the third woman, the first European woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. In 1986 she became the first woman to successfully climb and descend K2, which she did without supplemental oxygen, as part of a small expedition led by Lilliane and Maurice Barrard. The Barrards died on the descent, becoming two of thirteen climbers to die on K2 that summer.

Rachel Hegarty

Ruth Handler - the woman who created Barbie dolls. Born as Ruth Moskowicz, a daughter of Jewish Polish emigrants Barbie I, Barbie World, Barbie And Ken, Barbie Room, Barbie Stuff, Tilda Swinton, Madame Alexander, Brigitte Bardot, Elizabeth Taylor

Madame Alexander

Brigitte Bardot

Elizabeth Taylor

Ruth Handler - the woman who created Barbie dolls. Born as Ruth Moskowicz, a daughter of Jewish Polish emigrants

Irena Szewinska - Between 1964 and 1980 she participated in five Olympic Games, winning seven medals, three of them gold. She also broke six world records and is the only athlete (male or female) to have held a world record in the 100 m, 200 m and the 400 m events. She also won 13 medals in European Championships. Largest Countries, Countries Of The World, Poland Country, European Championships, Historical Images, Sports Stars, My Heritage

Largest Countries

Countries Of The World

European Championships

Historical Images

Irena Szewinska - Between 1964 and 1980 she participated in five Olympic Games, winning seven medals, three of them gold. She also broke six world records and is the only athlete (male or female) to have held a world record in the 100 m, 200 m and the 400 m events. She also won 13 medals in European Championships.

Wojciech Kilar, a Polish pianist and composer of classical music and scores for many films, including Roman Polanski’s Oscar-winning “The Pi... Poland People, Francis Ford Coppola, Roman Polanski, Composers, Baltic Sea, People Photography

Francis Ford Coppola

People Photography

Wojciech Kilar, a Polish pianist and composer of classical music and scores for many films, including Roman Polanski’s Oscar-winning “The Pi...

Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński Writers And Poets, Social Issues, Feminism, Politics

Writers And Poets

Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński

Wanda Rutkiewicz (1943 - 1992) - mountain climber. First woman who reached K2 summit. She died while climbing Kangchenjunga. Alternative Names, European Languages, Central Asia, Climbing, Long Hair Styles, Mount Everest, Skiing

Alternative Names

European Languages

Long Hair Styles

Wanda Rutkiewicz (1943 - 1992) - mountain climber. First woman who reached K2 summit. She died while climbing Kangchenjunga.

Kazimierz Górski Star Wars, Lionel Messi, Retro, Nostalgia, Sports, Google, Vintage

Kazimierz Górski

Justyna Kisiel

Bl. Jerzy Popiełuszko:courageous young priest martyr who became chaplain and spiritual leader of trade union in Poland in t/1980's. At 37, Fr. Popiełuszko was brutally murdered by Communist agents for his outspoken defense of his people, & proclaiming t/teachings of t/Church on human rights & t/dignity of t/human person. Over 700,000 attended his funeral, & a national shrine at his grave in front of his parish church in Warsaw is visited by a million people yearly. He was beatified in 2010. Catholic Saints, Roman Catholic, Human Rights, Role Models, Christianity, Father, Pastor

Catholic Saints

Bl. Jerzy Popiełuszko:courageous young priest martyr who became chaplain and spiritual leader of trade union in Poland in t/1980's. At 37, Fr. Popiełuszko was brutally murdered by Communist agents for his outspoken defense of his people, & proclaiming t/teachings of t/Church on human rights & t/dignity of t/human person. Over 700,000 attended his funeral, & a national shrine at his grave in front of his parish church in Warsaw is visited by a million people yearly. He was beatified in 2010.

Emilia Plater (1806 – 1831) was a Polish–Lithuanian noblewoman and revolutionary from the lands of the partitioned Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. She fought in the November 1830 Uprising, during which she raised a small unit, participated in several engagements, and received the rank of captain in the Polish-Lithuanian insurgent forces. Near the end of the Uprising, she fell ill and died. Maureen Reagan, Imperfection Is Beauty, Mother Jones, Barbara Bush, Maria Callas, Cut Her Hair, Female Soldier, All Family

Imperfection Is Beauty

Emilia Plater (1806 – 1831) was a Polish–Lithuanian noblewoman and revolutionary from the lands of the partitioned Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. She fought in the November 1830 Uprising, during which she raised a small unit, participated in several engagements, and received the rank of captain in the Polish-Lithuanian insurgent forces. Near the end of the Uprising, she fell ill and died.

Sharon Mesmer

Tadeusz Różewicz, a Nobel-nominated Polish author. We're releasing his Mother Departs in 2013. Photo: Ela Lempp. The Republic, Good Times, Take That, Culture

Tadeusz Różewicz, a Nobel-nominated Polish author. We're releasing his Mother Departs in 2013. Photo: Ela Lempp.

Stork Press

Jan Karski Jan Karski (24 April 1914 – 13 July 2000) was a Polish World War II resistance movement fighter and later professor at Georgetown University. In 1942 and 1943 Karski reported to the Polish government in exile and the Western Allies on the situation in German-occupied Poland, especially the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto, and the secretive Nazi extermination camps. Receiving Medal of Freedom today from Obama for his amazing bravery and service against the Nazis during WW2. Special People, Good People, Friend Of God, Warsaw Ghetto, President Roosevelt, The Great Fire, Georgetown University, Personal History, Historia

President Roosevelt

Georgetown University

Personal History

Jan Karski Jan Karski (24 April 1914 – 13 July 2000) was a Polish World War II resistance movement fighter and later professor at Georgetown University. In 1942 and 1943 Karski reported to the Polish government in exile and the Western Allies on the situation in German-occupied Poland, especially the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto, and the secretive Nazi extermination camps. Receiving Medal of Freedom today from Obama for his amazing bravery and service against the Nazis during WW2.

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Winter Olympics

Irene Golas

My hero: What he did was incredible. Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar. Born January 8, 1894 as Rajmund Kolbe, he was canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church in 1982 for taking a stranger’s place in the Auschwitz concentration camp. To the Catholic readers, this may not be a surprise, as he is the patron saint of drug addicts, political prisoners, families Patron Saints, Ora Et Labora, St Maximilian, Religion Catolica, Political Prisoners, Pope John, Saints

Religion Catolica

Political Prisoners

My hero: What he did was incredible. Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar. Born January 8, 1894 as Rajmund Kolbe, he was canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church in 1982 for taking a stranger’s place in the Auschwitz concentration camp. To the Catholic readers, this may not be a surprise, as he is the patron saint of drug addicts, political prisoners, families

Naród, który nie szanuje swej przeszłości nie zasługuje na szacunek teraźniejszości i nie ma prawa do przyszłości - Józef Piłsudski • A nation that does not respect its history does not deserve respect of the contemporaries and does not have the right to a future. - Marshal Pilsudski Poland Food, Polish Names, Visit Poland, Polish Language, Fight For Freedom, Human Development, New Names, Frases

Polish Language

Fight For Freedom

Human Development

Naród, który nie szanuje swej przeszłości nie zasługuje na szacunek teraźniejszości i nie ma prawa do przyszłości - Józef Piłsudski • A nation that does not respect its history does not deserve respect of the contemporaries and does not have the right to a future. - Marshal Pilsudski

Jacek Malczewski | Self-Portrait, 1906 Gino Severini, Portraits Illustrés, Giacomo Balla, Futurism Art, Sir Anthony, Gustave Courbet, Italian Painters, Italian Artist, Collaborative Art

Portraits Illustrés

Gustave Courbet

Italian Painters

Collaborative Art

Jacek Malczewski | Self-Portrait, 1906

Stanisław Moniuszko - composer Conductors, Abraham Lincoln, Opera, Photography

Abraham Lincoln

Stanisław Moniuszko - composer

Maria Skłodowska-Curie Marie Curie, Marie Et Pierre Curie, Nobel Prize In Physics, Physicist, Women In History

Marie Et Pierre Curie

Nobel Prize In Physics

Women In History

Maria Skłodowska-Curie