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Max Factor
Max Faktor (or Faktorowicz), born in Łódź in 1877, has come to be regarded as the father of modern day cosmetics.... -
Kazimierz Pułaski
A Polish and American military hero, Kazimierz Pułaski (Casimir Pulaski in English) is almost ubiquitously immortalised on monuments and place names in both countries, but especially in America where some major cities celebrate Casimir Pulaski Day as an official bank holiday.... -
Not a Queue
A seemingly straightforward concept, while standing in an orderly line is probably as unconsciously ingrained where you come from as staying to the right while passing in a narrow corridor, here in Poland, queuing is a cutthroat game of cunning and sabotage.... -
General Wojciech Jaruzelski
Born to landed Polish gentry in 1923 and sent to a forced labour camp in Kazakhstan by invading Soviet forces in 1940, Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski is perhaps one of life’s most unlikely committed communists.... -
Andrzej Wajda
Born in 1926 in the Polish town of Suwałki, Andrzej Wajda is regarded by many as the father of Polish cinema.... -
Creepy Poland
You have not come to Poland to visit a pyramid, but that’s exactly what you can do if your journey takes you up north.... -
Enigma
The vital role played by Polish exiles during the Battle of Britain, who represented one in eight Allied pilots and whose 303 Squadron boasted the best hit rate against the Luftwaffe, is today common knowledge.... -
Czesław Miłosz
Czesław Miłosz (1911-2004) has come to be regarded as the finest Polish writer of the 20th century, his work influencing generations of natives and foreigners alike.... -
Zbigniew Cybulski
Referred too as the Polish James Dean Zbigniew ‘Zbyszek’ Cybulski personified the confusion and longings of Poland’s post-war youth.... -
Polish Alcohol
Proven masters of make-do with the potato as their primary resource, the Poles have been producing and drinking vodka since the early Middle Ages, distilling their skill into some of the best vodka blends available in the world, many of which date back centuries.... -
Lech Wałęsa
Credited as the driving force behind the Solidarity movement, as well as the man who revived a post-communist Poland, Lech Wałęsa remains, for many, the gloriously mustachioed public face of Poland, as well as Gdansk’s most famous resident.... -
Irena Sendler
Known as the female Schindler, Irena Sendler - who died in May 2008 at the age of 98 - is credited with having saved the lives of some 2,500 Jewish children in the Warsaw ghetto during the Second World War.... -
Wojtek the bear
Fond of a bevvy and a fag Wojtek’s habits weren’t too different from your typical soldier, but typical he most certainly wasn’t.... -
Eugeniusz Bodo
One chap you’re unlikely to have heard of is Eugeniusz Bodo, the veteran of thirty films, and director of two....
Rubinstein
Born in Łódź in 1887 the dapper Jewish pianist Arthur Rubinstein made his debut in Berlin in 1900 and spent much of his life touring the world and dazzling audiences. Active up until 1976 when deteriorating eyesight and hearing forced him to quit, the bronze statue of him outside the house he was born in is in actual fact a musical box. Put 2zł in the slot on the front of the piano, select one of his own recordings of Chopin’s Piano Concerto in F minor, Polonaise in A major, Waltz in C flat minor or Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto in B minor and away you go. It’s traditional to sit next to him on the stool during the recital, pat his right hand and make a wish.
