is one of three such training centres in the country and currently hosts around 300 officers in training Polish health authorities say those affected showed symptoms consistent with salmonellosis An initial epidemiological investigation has ruled out contaminated water as the source According to Major Mirosława Aleksandrowicz spokesperson for the Warmia-Masuria Border Guard unit patients were transferred to hospitals in several nearby towns Police have launched an investigation after a formal complaint was filed no cases have been reported outside the Kętrzyn centre The Polish Border Guard said via social media that 150 people in total reported symptoms of food poisoning The agency added that both the national Border Guard commander and the Minister of the Interior and Administration had been notified None of the affected officers are in life-threatening condition ‼️?Ponad 1⃣5⃣0⃣ słuchaczy w Centrum Szkolenia SG 8.04 zgłosiło objawy zatrucia pokarmowego. Poinformowano Komendanta Głównego SG i Ministra @MSWiA_GOV_PL, który na miejsce skierował Wojewodę Warmińsko-Mazurskiego i sanepid. Życiu funkcjonariuszy nie zagraża niebezpieczeństwo. pic.twitter.com/tNX1TUijbH Amateur archaeologists discover remains missing hands and feet at former Nazi military headquarters Amateur archaeologists have unearthed five human skeletons missing their hands and feet under the former home of the Nazi war criminal Hermann Göring at Hitler’s Wolf’s Lair military headquarters in present-day Poland were discovered as part of a dig at the site near the north-eastern town of Kętrzyn where Nazi leaders spent large stretches of the second world war Mystery surrounds the chilling find, first reported by Der Spiegel and whether the Reichsmarschall knew the bones were there while he lived in the house The imposing brick building in a wooded stretch of moorland at the former Nazi Wolfsschanze has largely been reclaimed by nature It was considered thoroughly researched before the team of German and Polish history buffs set upon it Oktavian Bartoszewski, the publisher of the magazine Relikte der Geschichte (Relics of History), said the Gdańsk-based team Fundacja Latebra had worked at the site for years often turning up banal household items such as crockery and tools With the rise of dark tourism Fundacja Latebra is one of the few organisations with explicit permission to conduct archaeological research at the Wolf’s Lair which attracts more than 200,000 visitors a year Hermann Göring with Adolf Hitler (left) and Benito Mussolini (back) at Wolf’s Lair in 1944. Photograph: Ullstein bild Dtl/Getty ImagesBartoszewski has released a YouTube video documenting the project He said the team was “completely shocked” to discover in February a skull about 10cm underground while looking for buried wooden flooring in the home The team immediately notified local police “After the administrators of the site and forensic scientists gained an overview and nothing pointed to a recent crime it was decided to lay the skeleton bare,” Bartoszewski said Further excavation revealed five skeletons which subsequent analysis showed were three adults “That was the most horrible thing we found,” he said of the newborn None had traces of clothing or other personal objects meaning the corpses were probably stripped before they were placed there While it is possible the hand and foot bones – finer than other remains – had simply decomposed it could not be ruled out that they had been amputated Speculation abounds as to whether Göring was aware the bodies were buried below his living quarters or whether they had been deposited there after the war German media said the family could have been victims of a mass killing possibly but not necessarily carried out by the Nazis Senior Nazis including Hitler and Göring but also Martin Bormann Wilhelm Keitel and Alfred Jodl used the Wolf’s Lair as an isolated well-protected complex from which to plan military campaigns as well as the atrocities of the Holocaust Hitler spent more time at the Wolf’s Lair than anywhere else during the war. It was the site of the failed 20 July 1944 coup in which Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg planted a briefcase containing a bomb under an oak table in a botched attempt to assassinate the Führer Göring, Hitler’s appointed deputy and heir, and head of the Luftwaffe, was the highest-ranking Nazi official to be tried at Nuremberg. He killed himself with a cynanide pill in 1946 on the eve of his planned execution Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker KION 46 is committed to providing a forum for civil and constructive conversation Please keep your comments respectful and relevant. You can review our Community Guidelines by clicking here If you would like to share a story idea, please submit it here EEO Report | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Community Guidelines | FCC Applications | Do Not Sell My Personal Information Do you have a positive or negative outlook for the biofuels industry in 2025 View Results We use cookies to improve your experience on our site. Learn more. KETRZYN, Poland, 7 April 2017 – A two-week workshop focusing on current and emerging trends in border security management draws to a close tomorrow at the Polish Border Guard Training Centre in Ketrzyn. Mid- to senior-level border security managers from Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Portugal, Tajikistan, Tunisia and Ukraine attended the workshop, which was the concluding module of a one-year blended learning course on Border Security and Management for Senior Leadership (BSMSL). This part of the course aimed at enriching participants’ knowledge in: risk management, crime intelligence and investigation; data and information management; facilitation of cross-border flows; border crossing procedures and taking decisions in complex situations; planning and deployment of border personnel; guidelines and legislative norms; and effective responses to emergencies in co-operation with internal and external partners and agencies. “With all the knowledge obtained, our participants are able to develop policy advice for their agencies. We are proud to contribute to the education of a new generation of border security managers able to make quick and efficient decisions resulting in increased efficiency in border operations as well as secure borders and open doors,” said Dita Nowicka, the Director of the OSCE Border Management Staff College. In addition to classroom study, the participants visited border surveillance posts and crossing points at the Polish-Russian border, where they were able to assess the efficiency of both border management models. On the basis of the field trips, the course attendees prepared evaluation reports detailing best practices and recommendations on how border security management can be improved. “The evaluation reports prepared by participants initiated lively discussions with us, the border officers working in the field. Watching how this group interacts and generates joint solutions, we can predict their future co-operation and joint successes,” said Lt Col Wojciech Banasiak, Head of Analysis at the Warmińsko-Mazurski Border Guard Regional Unit, who is a graduate of the pilot BSMSL course. The BSMSL course is co-organized with the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) and combines in-class lectures and online learning. DestinationsPlanningInspirationShopSearch SavesOpen main menuShutterstock / Robert Szymanski Hidden in thick forest near the hamlet of Gierłoż is one of Poland’s eeriest historical relics – 18 overgrown hectares of huge This was Hitler’s main headquarters during WWII baptised with the German name of Wolfsschanze (Wolf’s Lair) A famous attempt to assassinate the Führer took place here in July 1944 The location was carefully chosen in this remote part of East Prussia far away from important towns and transport routes to be a convenient command centre for the planned German advance eastwards began in autumn 1940; about 80 structures were finally built including seven bombproof bunkers for the top leaders Martin Bormann (Hitler’s adviser and private secretary) Hermann Göring (Prussian prime minister and German commissioner for aviation) and Hitler himself were among the residents Their bunkers had walls and ceilings up to 8m thick The whole complex was surrounded by multiple barriers of barbed wire and gun emplacements An airfield was built 5km away and there was an emergency airstrip within the camp Apart from the natural camouflage of trees and plants the bunker site was further disguised with artificial vegetation-like screens suspended on wires and changed according to the season of the year The Allies did not discover the site until 1945 Hitler arrived at the Wolf’s Lair on 26 June 1941 (four days after the invasion of the Soviet Union) and stayed there until 20 November 1944 with only short trips to the outside world His longest journey outside the bunker was a four-month stint at the Ukraine headquarters of the Wehrmacht (the armed services of the German Reich) in 1942 Having survived an assassination attempt within the complex in July 1944 Hitler left the Wolf’s Lair as the Soviet Red Army approached a few months later The German army prepared the bunkers to be destroyed should the enemy have attempted to seize them The complex was eventually blown up on 24 January 1945 and the Germans retreated but the extensive minefield was still efficiently defending the empty ruins It took 10 years to clear the 55,000 mines within the complex the site has succumbed to Mother Nature; bunkers are slowly disappearing behind a thick wall of natural camouflage It’s best to pick up a site map or booklet sold from stands in the parking area organise a guide to show you around; English- German- and Russian-speaking guides charge 60zł for a 1½-hour tour All structures are identified with numbers and marked with big signs telling you not to enter the ruins including some guides (bunker 6 appears to be the most popular one to enter) Of Hitler’s bunker (13) only one wall survived but Göring’s ‘home’ (16) is in relatively good shape A memorial plate (placed in 1992) marks the location of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg’s 1944 assassination attempt on Hitler and a small exhibition room houses a scale model of the original camp layout You can also continue 200m past the entrance towards Węgorzewo and take a small road to the right signposted ‘Kwiedzina (5km)’ On either side of this narrow path is a handful of crumbling bunkers that can be explored free of charge ContactAddressGierłoż 89 741 0031 https://​www​.wilczyszaniec​.olsztyn​.lasy​.gov​.pl​/ Church of Our Lady and later surrounded by an ample rectangular cloister the hugely popular church was built around four identical corner… Boyen Fortress The Boyen Fortress was built between 1844 and 1856 to protect the kingdom’s border with Russia and was named after the then Prussian minister of war,… Łuknajno Reserve shelters Europe’s largest surviving community of wild swans (Cygnus olor) and is home to… Rotary Bridge Giżycko’s working rotary bridge was built in 1889 and is the only one of its kind in the country Castle Kętrzyn’s Teutonic past lives on in the form of its mid-14th-century brick castle on the southern edge of the town centre Water Tower Giżycko’s seven-storey Water Tower supplied the city with running water until 1997 St George’s Church the Gothic church looks like the town’s second fortress from a distance Its interior has furnishings and decoration dating… View more attractionsNearby The Great Masurian Lakes attractions1. Castle 2. St George’s Church 3. Boyen Fortress 4. Rotary Bridge 5. Church of Our Lady 6. Water Tower 7. Łuknajno Reserve The shallow 700-hectare Lake Łuknajno, 4km east of Mikołajki, shelters Europe’s largest surviving community of wild swans (Cygnus olor) and is home to… No part of this site may be reproduced without our written permission This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Explorers just found out.Researchers are trying to determine the fate of the five people—all missing their hands and feet—buried in Hermann Göring’s residence at Hitler’s top-secret military quarters The floor under Hermann Göring's residence at the Wolf's Lair—Hitler's secret military headquarters on the Eastern Front—revealed the skeletal remains of five individuals While police estimate the burials pre-date WWII others suggest they may be victims of Nazi crimes or the subsequent Soviet army Photograph by Latebra FoundationByTom MetcalfeMay 8 2024Amateur archaeologists in Poland recently unearthed five human skeletons—each missing hands or feet—from beneath a house once occupied by Hermann Göring The Nazi field marshal was second-in-command The macabre discovery was made in late February at the Wolf’s Lair near the town of Kętrzyn in northeast Poland; in 1940 Hitler ordered a secret military headquarters built at the remote spot to prepare for his invasion of the Soviet Union While the remains have not yet been conclusively dated the burials appear to be those from a family who fell victim to the tumultuous history of the region in the early 20-century Gdansk engineer Adrian Kostrzewa, the member of Poland’s Latebra Foundation who discovered the first skeleton says his volunteer group was working over a winter weekend to recover any artifacts from the ruins of Göring’s house at the site which still stands near what’s left of Hitler’s bunker Members of the Latebra Foundation have worked at the Wolf’s Lair site—now in a state forest park—for more than five years authorized by the site’s management and government officials Kostrzewa says he was excavating beneath what was once the floor of the Göring’s house when he found what he thought was a plumbing pipe (The brutal story of the 1936 Popular Olympics: a boycott of fascism and Hitler) who unearthed the skeletons of four more people—including a teenager and a newborn baby—all buried in a line but a police investigation has now determined from their obvious age that the skeletons are probably from before 1945 The police have now concluded their investigation which means the group can now talk about the finds The Wolf’s Lair is fenced off from treasure hunters and the Latebra Foundation has exclusive access; everything it recovers is displayed in the site’s museum The group’s videos on YouTube show it has mainly recovered small items—uniform buttons for example—which Kostrzewa says can help “uncover the truth about what happened in this place." But the 30 volunteers of the Latebra Foundation had never seen anything like these skeletons before including Göring —the commander of the Luftwaffe and ostensibly Hitler’s successor—spent many months at the Wolf’s Lair between 1941 and 1944 But despite his middle-class background, Göring styled himself as a Prussian aristocrat, and his lavish lifestyle included the acquisition of several homes, including his sprawling Carinhall estate near Berlin. As a result, his stays at his residence in the Wolf’s Lair were probably limited to essential meetings. a power plant and a railway station—was staffed by more than 2,000 people at its peak when it served as the Nazi headquarters for Operation Barbarossa—the German invasion of the Soviet Union The Wolf’s Lair was partially destroyed by the retreating Nazis and largely ignored during the Cold War years; it opened for tourism after the fall of Communism in Poland in the 1990s Today the site attracts tens of thousands of tourists a month; and it recently underwent a makeover to reconstruct the conference room where the German army office Claus von Stauffenberg detonated a suitcase bomb in an attempt to kill Hitler in 1944 The blast killed four people and injured twenty more; but Hitler who was shielded by a leg of the conference room table Ruins of the Wolf's Lair bunker where German army officer Claus von Stauffenberg attempted to assassinate Hitler in 1944 A memorial in the shape of an open ​book is in the foreground.Photograph By Attila Husejnow/SOPA Images/LightRocket via GettyInvestigation closed?The skeletons were buried in the floor just a few inches below the surface and right next to 1940s-era plumbing pipes for the house meaning that if they were indeed buried before Göring moved in construction workers would have found the remains—and must have left them where they were Among the other peculiarities of the burials is that no evidence of clothing was found (although it may have rotted away with time) and each of the skeletons is missing its hands and feet Some archaeologists have suggested the hands and feet may have decayed before the rest of the bodies But just why all five bodies would be found in such an odd manner has not been explained: “It’s creepy,” Kostrzewa concedes a spokesperson for the Warmian-Masurian Provincial Police in charge of the area says the discoveries at the Wolf’s Lair were investigated by officers and a medical examiner from Kętrzyn the skeletons appear from their age to be from the “interwar” years between 1918 and 1939 and the poor condition of the remains means it is now impossible to determine the causes of their deaths the police have no reason to think that a crime has been committed and have closed their investigation The next step will be for the Latebra Foundation to sample the remains and send them radiocarbon dating which could establish to within a few years just when the people died The foundation will also undertake other methods try to determine who the people were the many theories about why they were buried beneath Hermann Göring’s house at the Wolf’s Lair can only be speculation Some newspapers have speculated that the skeletons beneath Göring’s house were the result of human sacrifices indulged in what they thought were German pagan religious beliefs Kostrzewa adds there is no other evidence of paganism or any other sort of ritual practices Kostrzewa thinks the five skeletons were all from members of a single family—as well as the newborn there is evidence that another victim was very elderly when they died “That’s the most probable idea,” Kostrzewa says “Rather less probable is that someone made a building right over an old cemetery.” Polish war historian Paweł Machcewicz of the Polish National Academy’s Institute of Political Studies suggests the remains might be from laborers forced to build the Wolf’s Lair complex but that idea doesn’t explain the presence of a newborn in the burials Machcewicz also speculates they could be from people killed by the Red Army after it overran the Wolf’s Lair in 1944 when Soviet soldiers committed terrible atrocities on civilians; or that the people had been victims of violence after World War II Historian Robert Traba, an expert on the region also with the Institute of Political Studies and who also wasn’t involved, adds that little professional research has been carried out at the Wolf’s Lair site, and so it is unsurprising that there are still discoveries there. The skeletons add further mystery to the story of the Wolf’s Lair, Traba says: “The Wolfsschanze hides many puzzles and problems.” Rock-cut niches in the fluvial cirque at Teniky with a terrace bound by stone walls in the foreground Skip to content We provide energy and fuel for more than 100 million Europeans We are driven by passion and always explore new opportunities for growth Our advanced products are available in over 90 countries on 6 continents We are Central Europe’s leader in energy transition maintaining our commitment to sustainable development and seeking to reduce our impact on climate change The investor relations are intended to build corporate credibility on the capital market has signed a contract for the construction of a state-of-the-art oilseed processing plant in Kętrzyn (Province of Olsztyn) The plant is set to process 500 thousand tonnes of rapeseed annually yielding a production output of 200 thousand tonnes of oil for the purpose of manufacturing low-carbon 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tonnes of locally sourced straw from agricultural producers per year,’ says Daniel Obajtek ORLEN’s CEO and President of the Management Board The pressing plant project in Kętrzyn will entail an estimated total cost of approximately PLN 850m Its location has been influenced by the region’s remarkable agricultural potential and abundant availability of the raw material Construction of the facility is to commence in the first half of 2024 with completion expected by mid-2026.In addition to the pressing plant itself the complex will encompass various processing nodes including facilities for raw material reception and product dispatch The contractor responsible for the project will be a consortium of Polimex Mostostal S.A The plant is to produce an annual output of 200 thousand tonnes of oil with ORLEN Południe having full control over the quality of the end product the processing plant will use about 500 thousand tonnes of rapeseed sourced primarily from Polish agricultural producers Poland’s rapeseed crop yielded a total of 3.6 million tonnes The ORLEN Południe investment also heralds new prospects for the town and the wider region The pressing plant alone will generate more than 100 new solid job opportunities and its operation will stimulate demand for supplementary services that can be provided by local business Oil produced in Kętrzyn will meet the specifications required for use in the ORLEN Group’s production facilities The principal consumer will be ORLEN Południe which operates a biodiesel plant in Trzebinia Establishment of the Kętrzyn oil pressing plant underscores the ORLEN Group’s commitment to strengthening its collaboration with Polish farmers a second-generation bioethanol plant is being constructed at the Jedlicze refinery a pioneering development in Poland and the second of its kind in Europe This facility is to produce 25 thousand tonnes of bioethanol annually sourced from Polish farmers in the quantity of 150 thousand tonnes per year Bio-components added to gasoline and diesel fuel play a role in diminishing our reliance on petroleum thereby bolstering energy independence and augmenting the diversification of raw material sources for fuel production This also holds significant environmental benefits as bio-additives are either derived from renewable agricultural resources or facilitate the efficient management of waste The ORLEN2030 strategy envisages that by the end of the decade the use of bio-additives in the ORLEN Group will reach about 3 million tons per year the Group is prepared to invest over PLN 15bn This expansion in biofuel production will be complemented by the production of biogas and biogas-derivative biomethane which can serve as vital feedstock for biofuel manufacturing but also present themselves as standalone fuels capable of substituting natural gas the ORLEN Group aims to possess the capacity to produce 1 bcm of biogas annually with total investments in excess of PLN 10bn ORLEN Południe stands as a leading producer of biofuels and bio-additives the company has consistently pursued a transformational journey to become a modern biorefinery 2021 saw the launch of Poland’s first and Europe’s largest green glycol unit at the company’s refinery in Trzebinia ORLEN Południe has invested in a pilot plant dedicated to the production of lactic acid using microorganisms the company has been actively engaged in advancing the hydrogen technology Poland’s first hydrogen hub was launched at the Trzebinia plant supplying hydrogen fuel for Kraków’s public transport buses at the end of their successful trip to Poland A 12-STRONG team of boxers from Swords Boxing Club together with members of Avona and Monkstown have just returned from Ketrzyn in Poland where they took part in a tournament funded by the Ketrzyn Mayor and the local Polish boxing authorities And the Swords contingent certainly didn’t return home empty-handed as they picked up three gold and three runner-up medals along the way In a tournament that also featured teams from Ukraine Swords BC’s 2022 Senior Cadets semi-finalist Sam Brereton produced a dominant performance in his final against a tough Polish opponent to capture a gold for the team The Swords boxer applied high-tempo tactics and outworked his opponent throughout the bout to win by unanimous decision Brereton also picked up an award for the best technical boxing display won his semi-final against a Latvian national champion who will also represent his country in the upcoming European Championship Swords BC coaches David Byrne and Dean Smithers also believed Maughan had done enough to get the win in his final bout against a strong Ukrainian but was denied the gold by a close split decision Fellow Swords fighters Dean Smithers jnr and Michael McDonagh also picked up silver medals after losing their respective finals against Polish and Latvian national champions another Dublin champion from the Swords club had the consolation of picking up an award for best technical boxing display after coming out on the wrong side of a questionable decision in his semi-final bout Also on the trip where up and coming Swords talents Danielle Smithers and Rhys Kinsella who participated in skills bouts and sparring to further develop their skills for the upcoming season received a straight final against one of Poland’s top youth boxers Nikolas Pawlik the current European Youth silver medallist and claimed a huge win for the traveling Irish select team Monkstown’s multiple Irish champion and European qualifier beat two strong and experienced Polish boxers to collect gold and “Best boxer of the Tournament” Swords BC head coach David Byrne reported: “It was a brilliant weekend of high-level boxing “We are very lucky to have made some great connections with top coaches and officials in Poland and elsewhere in Eastern Europe and look forward to bringing another team over as soon as possible “We also couldn’t have asked for better opposition with many national and European champions attending country and clubs proud and we came back with wins against some top opponents and we will see the benefits of these experiences in this upcoming season “I’d like to thank our Polish hosts and also Avona and Monkstown boxing clubs for letting their boxers be a part of our travelling team “Also well done to all our young boxers who took part.” PoliticsChanges to Rent Pressure Zones needed to cope with growing population Cabinet to be toldChanges to Rent Pressure Zones (RPZs) will be recommended in a report on housing Ireland’s growing population which will be presented to the Cabinet today The TimesGerman researchers have completed the first detailed account of the decisions taken by Hitler in the Wolfsschanze his fortified headquarters in eastern Poland highlighting its role as Nazi Germany’s de facto capital for most of the war Inside the complex of bunkers hidden in dense forest the Holocaust was decided long before details were thrashed out at the Wannsee conference in Berlin in January 1942 Orders were dispatched to execute up to 100 “communists” for every German soldier killed by partisans to raze Warsaw and launch the Ardennes Offensive head of the German Resistance Memorial Centre in Berlin and the historian Uwe Neumärker combed through archives and witness testimony to compile the chronology The Polish newspaper Gazeta Prawna reported that according to Andrej Juzwiak a spokesperson for the Polish border guards He said that the deported Georgians had a “criminal past” or were in Poland without legal residence permits Juzwiak added that they were exclusively men between the ages of 24 and 58 transported from guarded centers for foreigners throughout Poland depicting the border guards escorting Georgians onto an aircraft Crime statistics from Warsaw, as revealed by TVP World indicate that police detained 1895 Georgian nationals with 532 offenses occurring in the capital Warsaw alone official data from the Polish Ministry of Interior and Administration reveals that “Poland deported 2,589 Georgians last year primarily for using forged documents.” Currently with authorities reporting recurring criminal incidents involving Georgian suspects “Authorities report that crimes involving Georgian suspects occur regularly with the most common offenses including robbery and extortion,” Polish media outlet said Ireland has also taken similar actions earlier, deporting 32 Georgian nationals on a chartered flight on February 27. This Page Has Washed AwayLooks like this page has disappeared with the tide — perhaps it’s buried in the sand at Vazon or drifting off Petit Port 'I grew up within the walls of the University of Gdańsk and internally I feel that this is my little homeland...' - says mgr Dominik Bień a guest at the meeting 'Let's talk about history... organised by the Students' Self-Government Council of the Faculty of History   the second meeting in the series 'Let's talk about history...' took place which dealt with a native Pomeranian topic - the establishment of the University of Gdańsk whose guest was mgr Dominik Bień - assistant in the Department of Political Theory at the UG Institute of Political Science at the UG Faculty of Social Sciences The interview was conducted by Nina Więcławska - a student of political science and German studies Nina Więcławska: Where did your passion for exploring the University of Gdańsk come from mgr Dominik Bień: My interest comes from the positive emotions I feel towards my university I come from a small town in Masuria - Kętrzyn I didn't feel an emotional connection to Pomerania visiting my friends in the various dormitories I began to feel a great affinity towards this university I grew up within the walls of the University of Gdańsk and internally I feel that this is my little homeland N.W.: From what sources do you obtain materials on the University of Gdańsk D.B.: The first sources I used were publications They concerned both the University of Gdańsk and the two universities from which it originated - the Higher School of Pedagogy in Gdańsk and the Higher School of Economics in Sopot and it was from these items that I went on to further collections The collections concerning the Higher School of Pedagogy are located in the State Archives in Gdańsk and its branch in Gdynia Collections covering the legacy of the Higher School of Economics and the University of Gdańsk can be found in the University of Gdańsk Archives A lot of material is also to be found in the University of Gdańsk Library in the collection covering documents of social life Of course I have also made use of many texts concerning the personal memories of staff and students N.W.: The process of creating a university is quite a bold and serious initiative What was the breath behind the creation of the University of Gdańsk D.B.: It all depends on the perspective we take Some people trace the origins to the Gdańsk Academic Gymnasium and the ideas formulated within the Baltic Institute in the inter-war period ideas to establish a Pomeranian university Even then there were articles in the press in which the authors representatives of the Gdańsk intelligentsia pointed out the need to establish an academic centre I would say that I find wave tendencies here the mid-1950s and the final wave that brought the establishment of the university - the years 1965-1968 the concept of establishing a university was already taking some shape N.W.: And what was the situation with the university in Toruń which was established much earlier than the one in Tricity D.B.: Some of the authors whose texts we find in the press discourse indicated that the university in Toruń should not have been established It was thought that the city does not provide the premises and material foundations for a university centre there were also opinions that a school could be established in either city N.W.: The University of Gdańsk was formed from several universities that were located in the Tricity Did these centres immediately agree to merge For the community of the Higher School of Pedagogy it was a chance for ennoblement so both staff and students were open to such a proposal The situation was a little different with the Higher School of Economics Sopot-based faculties of the University of Gdańsk the university already had a certain reputation in which the word economics resonated very strongly and not everyone was favourably disposed towards inclusion in the emerging university Some echoes of this reluctance and sense of separateness could still be sensed in the 1970s the case that the representatives of the School of Economics were against the establishment of the university but they did not necessarily want to be part of it was the situation regarding the creation of human resources from the Higher School of Economics and the Higher School of Pedagogy there were many educated people who came from other universities such as Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń or the University of Gdańsk Technical University N.W: And what was the issue concerning the location of the university D.B: The first document concerning the question of the location of the University of Gdańsk dates back to 1945 and was written by representatives of the Western Union of the Polish Historical Society and the Society of Friends of Science and Art in Gdańsk Such a concept indicated that a Pomeranian university should be established in Bydgoszcz the natural sciences and economic faculties and Gdańsk in turn would be the place where future economists and doctors would be educated districts such as Oliwa or Wrzeszcz were identified as the most convenient locations I also found material with the concept of prof who indicated that the university should be located at Plac Zebrań Ludowych and this is extremely interesting material On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the University of Gdańsk a certain publication edited by you was published D.B.: There have actually been three publications The whole idea was born in 2017 with reference to the upcoming anniversary when together with a group of people from the journal Progress we thought how we could celebrate such an event in a dignified way two-volume book is entitled University of Gdańsk - structures where we gave voice to various people associated with our Alma Mater The form of the individual texts varies from loosely written reflections to writings with less descriptive and more scientific themes Another publication is University of Gdańsk in 1970-1995 a collection of documents covering 25 years It also includes publications from before this period descriptions of the Higher School of Pedagogy and the Higher School of Economics plans related to the establishment of the university social and political life at the university The sources published in the volume come from the collections of many institutions It is a kind of introduction to the history of the establishment and the first 25 years of the university's formation At the end of the meeting with mgr Dominik Bień students and the dean of the UG Faculty of History - 'I am extremely pleased that the members of the Student Council of the UG Faculty of History organise such fascinating meetings I think it is good to learn about the history of the university within whose walls we are educated I sincerely hope that you feel a strong emotional connection to your place of study and that in the future you will have warm memories of your time spent at the University of Gdańsk.' tel. portiernia:+ 48 58 523 30 00 who was jailed in Austria for denying the Holocaust said yesterday he was in Poland to lead a tour of World War II sites Holocaust survivors and anti-racism groups have slammed Mr Irving’s plans even calling on Polish authorities to ban his visit which is also scheduled to take in a visit to the former local headquarters of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler But Mr Irving confirmed to AFP that he was now in the Polish capital and planned to remain in the country until September 29 “I am now in Warsaw and I am not at liberty to discuss my itinerary as I am sure you understand for security reasons,” he said in a telephone call “I will be in Poland for the next nine days,” Mr Irving added In a brochure published on his Focal Point Publications website Mr Irving calls the tour an “unforgettable journey” and a chance to see “real history” It includes a visit to the former Treblinka death camp A trip to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler’s “Wolf’s Lair” headquarters at Ketrzyn in north-eastern Poland and to the base of SS commander Heinrich Himmler were also on the itinerary Although it was not immediately known how many people have signed up Mr Irving recently said that the trip – which costs €2,000 excluding flights – was so popular he had to turn people away Mr Irving refused to specify whether he planned to visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Oswiecim He recently accused Polish authorities of turning Auschwitz into a “Disney-style” tourist site complete with fake watchtowers when you look at old photographs of Auschwitz those towers aren’t on the photographs,’ he told Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper a book which attempts to minimise both Nazi atrocities and Hitler’s responsibility for them has rejected the label of “Holocaust denier” “There is no question that the Nazis killed millions of people in these camps When people call me a Holocaust denier I get quite hot under the collar,” he told the newspaper But the historian was sentenced in 2006 by an Austrian court to three years in jail for denying the Holocaust and later released and deported to Britain after serving only one year At the epicentre of Hitler’s plan of genocide against European Jews during World War II Poland has enacted strict laws against both Holocaust denial and the public propagation of anti-Semitism or fascism anyone found guilty of denying the Holocaust or publicly propagating anti-Semitism fascism or other totalitarian ideologies faces a penalty of up to three years behind bars According to Poland’s Institute of National Remembrance between 5.47 million and 5.67 million Polish citizens died at the hands of the Nazis Polish Jews represented around half of the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust please register for free or log in to your account January 2021 extreme strong frosts and the following night will be even colder northeastern Poland reports according to Wetterzentrale freezing -18,6°C and temperatures will be dramatically decreasing during the night According to current outputs of meteorological models (ICON-EU), -29/-30°C temperatures are forecasted to northeastern Poland during upcoming night! /https://mkweather.com/2021/01/17/strong-signals-from-icon-eu-at-least-in-one-station-could-reach-29-30celsius-at-2m-agl-this-night-in-poland-2021-winter// According to the newest news from Lithuania, -27,5°C was measured on Sunday in central parts of the country and –27,3°C on Polish border. 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