2021-01-08 New digitalised collections available to the public Thanks to a donation from The Ministry of Polish Cultural Heritage we have digitised the collections of Jozef Pilsudski’s brothers: Jan, Bronislaw and Kazimierz. They are available to view on our website. The collections contain fascinating materials which document their work but also some more personal documents, often humorous memories and anecdotes about Marshal Jozef Pilsudski. Read more
2020-11-10 All Souls Day To commemorate All Souls day Roman Kuklinski lit a candle on the graves of E. Charaszkiewicz and T. Schaetzel at the South Ealing Cemetery. Read more
2020-10-06 Zoom Talk on Polish Cryptomachine LACIDA We are delighted to invite you to take part in Jerry McCarthy’s Zoom talk which will take place on the 14th October at 6pm on the subject of the Polish Cryptomachine the LACIDA. Read more
2020-08-21 HERITAGE OPEN DAY Join us for an online talk: artists Zofia Wyszomirska-Noga and Michael Daniel Sagatis, researcher/videographer Magdalena Paczocha and curator Olga Topol discuss Forgotten Force. Art and Memory project. Send your own entry to take part in the event Read more
2020-08-15 Commemorating the Battle of Warsaw On the 15th August 1920, on the outskirts of Poland’s capital city, a battle took place which thwarted Soviet attempts to spread the Bolshevik revolution throughout western Europe. Edgar D’Abernon, a British politician and diplomat, has claimed that the Battle of Warsaw is one of the 18 most significant battles in human history as Poland’s victory over the Soviets halted the spread of communism further westwards into Europe. Olga Topol’s article on the work of Jan Kowalewski featured below outlines some of the reasons behind Poland’s success. Read more
2020-06-01 Mieczysław Stachiewicz Donations made to support the work of the Institute in memory of our late chairman Mieczyslaw Stachiewicz who dedicated many years of his life to our organisation. Read more
2020-05-21 Mieczyslaw Stachiewicz's cremation took place this morning, on the day that he would have celebrated his 103rd Birthday Read more
2020-04-30 We are deeply saddened by the news of Colonel Mieczysław Józef Stachiewicz passing. He devoted his life to serving Poland. He was awarded the Order of the White Eagle, the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari Military Order, the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta and three times the Cross of Valor as well as many other medals. May his soul rest in peace. Read more
2020-04-10 Dear Friends of the Institute, We would like to thank you for your support and wish you a healthy, Happy Easter. Read more
2020-03-31 Interns at the Pilsudski Institute Lidia Letkiewicz: In November 2016, six months after I moved to the UK from Chicago, I was given an internship position on the Cataloguing Project at the Pilsudski Institute in London. Read more
