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Step in Warsaw - City guide to Warsaw. The burning Royal Castle in Warsaw on 17.09.1939. Source: "The Last Correspondent. The Siege of Warsaw 1939" - the movie by Eugeniusz Starky. https://www.cda.pl/video/1553224c7.
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Why is 11:15 the symbolic hour for Warsaw?

On the 1st of September 1939 Poland was invaded from the west by the Nazi German army and on the 17th of September 1939 Poland was invaded from the east by the Soviet army (Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, called also the 4th partition of Poland). On that day Hitler ordered a huge Read more…

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Step in Warsaw - City guide to Warsaw. The commemorative plaque at the place where Fryderyk Chopin was said goodbye by his music teacher and his friends (Warsaw, Połczyńska Street No 56). At the city border the mail coach stopped suddenly and Chopin heard familiar voices singing a farewell song. The surprise was successful! It was a touching moment for all of them. Source: https://szkola.bednarska.art.pl/koncertowe-centrum-edukacji-muzycznej/.
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A sad day for Fryderyk Chopin

On the 2nd of November 1830 on the All Souls’ Day Fryderyk Chopin left Warsaw forever. That’s a sad day, a day to commemorate the dead. At the farewell the Chopin family was certainly praying for Emilka, Fryderyk’s youngest sister who died 3 years before. Chopin had an intuition that Read more…

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Step in Warsaw - City guide to Warsaw. The certificate of the inscription of the National Education Commission Archives on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register. Source: the State Archives of Poland https://agad.gov.pl/.
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Why is the Teacher’s Day in Poland celebreted on the 14th of October?

The Teacher’s Day in Poland is celebrated on the 14th of October and commemorates the creation by the Polish parliament and the king of Poland Stanisław August Poniatowski the National Education Commission (14.10.1773). The National Education Commission was the first secular education authority considered the first Ministry of Education in Read more…

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