Institute of National Remembrance

Bell foundry: how a bell is made. The Felczyński family since 1808, 78/22 bronze, and irreversible tuning
A bell is cast once. The mold is broken after casting, no metal can be added – it can only be ground down, so the instrument is tuned only downwards.... Read more...
Jan Czochralski and the State Factory in Mościce: The father of electronics, industrial chemistry, and a linen lab coat
Berlin, 1916. The head of the iron and steel research laboratory at AEG dips a nib not into an inkwell but into a crucible with molten tin, and pulls out... Read more...
Modernist Architecture and the Fleet of the Second Polish Republic: Bohdan Pniewski and Polski Fiat 621 Vans
On October 20, 1932, Bohdan Pniewski signed a contract for the reconstruction of the Brühl Palace for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: 322 rooms, a 46 × 16.40 m pavilion... Read more...
Bolesławiec Ceramics and Porcelain: Fire at 1250°C, cobalt stamp, and stoneware from the Bóbr river basin
Bolesławiec has been producing stoneware continuously since 1380 – and does not make porcelain, although the market persistently calls it that. A chronicle of one workshop: five potteries under guild... Read more...