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Tag: Second Polish Republic

The situation in Grodno was not calm. The rise of nationalism in the city became a reason for the pogrom

The second half of the 1930s saw a rise of antisemitic attitudes in Poland. This was caused by several factors among which was the unstable economic situation in the country and the aggressive antisemitism that began to dominate in neighbouring Nazi Germany. Violent events also took place in Poland. One of them was in Grodno in 1935.

June 2, 2024 - Ihar Melnikau

The Belarusians are celebrating their independence. Podlachia is rediscovering its history

March 25th, the date of the proclamation of the Belarusian Democratic Republic in 1918, has become a national holiday for all the Belarusians that still dream about a fully free and independent country. Not many know that the history of the republic is not just connected to the lands of today’s Belarus and Lithuania, but also Poland. The people, whom this history concerned, were often forced to forget it.

April 27, 2024 - Aneta Prymaka-Oniszk

The history of the Japanese consul who saved Belarusian Jews

One of the “Righteous among the Nations” is the Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara. At the beginning of the Second World War, he saved the lives of thousands of Polish Jewish citizens, among whom were people from present-day Belarus.

December 22, 2023 - Ihar Melnikau

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