Polish Genealogy Blog

April Fools’ Day is celebrated every year on 1 April by playing jokes and making fun of friends  family and even complete strangers. The pranks

The tradition of drowning an effigy of Marzanna is a folk custom to celebrate the end of winter. It survived in the Czech Republic, Poland,

The cable-car trip to the Mount Kasprowy Wierch is a classic tourist attraction. At the end of the ascent  you can get off and stand

Women’s Day, Polish: Dzień Kobiet is celebrated each year on 8th of March. It is observed as a symbol of respect for victims of fights for

Fat Thursday is traditionally observed in the last week of carnival  before Lent. The tradition of eating doughnuts on Fat Thursday in Poland goes back

Biuletyn Informacyjny dated 24th February 1944 ( Source ) Today we commemorate the 72nd Anniversary of Operation Kutschera – one of the most important actions

Every year since 2006 on 27 January we celebrate International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It  is an international memorial day commemorating the victims of the Holocaust.

Not many people remember that we have the rare honor of having five separate winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Thus we would like