Second Lieutenant pilot Janina Lewandowska wasn't really the only woman, who died in Katyn, but the only female soldier who was shot there.
On August 12, 1941, the authorities of the Soviet Union gave "amnesty" to hundreds of thousands of Poles deported to Siberia.
The Sikorski-Mayski Agreement - Document that Gave Freedom
The day of 25 June 1941 in Białystok had a tragic both end and beginning.
On May 12, 1935, Marshal Józef Piłsudski died. He was buried at Wawel, in the crypt under the Tower of Silver Bells.
Years ago, Poles, like Ukrainians today, did not want to be a Russian colony. They dreamed of their own independent country.
