Institute of National Remembrance

Andrzej Wroński - podwójny mistrz olimpijski w zapasach klasycznych Seul 1988 Atlanta 1996
Andrzej Wroński and the Golden Era of Polish Wrestling: Two-time Olympic champion
Two-time Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling, up to 100 kg category: Seoul 1988 (final against Gerhard Himmel 3:1, one loss in the entire tournament) and Atlanta 1996 (final against Sergey... Read more...
Jerzy Kulej - podwójny mistrz olimpijski z Tokio 1964 i Meksyku 1968
Jerzy Kulej: Double Olympic gold and an iron middle distance in the ring
The only Polish boxer with two Olympic gold medals: Tokyo 1964 and Mexico City 1968, light welterweight. In Tokyo, he went through the tournament without a hitch – defeating Melbourne... Read more...
Feliks Papa Stamm - twórca potęgi Polskiej Szkoły Boksu
Feliks "Papa" Stamm: The Architect of the Polish Boxing School's Might and Master of the Corner
Feliks Stamm (1901–1976), known as “Papa” to his athletes – from 1936 to 1968, coach of the Polish Boxing Association national team: seven Olympic Games, fourteen European Championships, twenty-four Olympic... Read more...
Antoni Kolka Kolczyński - król warszawskiej Pragi, mistrz Europy 1939 i żołnierz AK
Antoni "Kolka" Kolczyński: King of Warsaw's Praga, 1939 European Champion, and Home Army Soldier
Antoni “Kolka” Kolczyński (1917–1964): a bicycle newspaper delivery boy from the Old Town, European champion from Dublin 1939, conqueror of Jimmy O’Malley in Chicago. Six years of war taken out... Read more...
Gmach Cyrku Braci Staniewskich przy ul. Ordynackiej w Warszawie - mekka przedwojennego boksu
Staniewski Circus and the Cyganiewicz Brothers: Pre-war boxing mecca, classical wrestling and the strength of the Second Polish Republic
The building at Ordynacka: 3000 seats, a 13-meter arena that could be flooded. From the Cinisellis (1883) through Mroczkowski to the Staniewski brothers (1929). Circus wrestling as a spectacle of... Read more...
Tadeusz Teddy Pietrzykowski - przedwojenny mistrz ringu i gladiator z Auschwitz
Tadeusz "Teddy" Pietrzykowski: Auschwitz's Boxing Gladiator, Legia Warsaw, and the Fight for Dignity
On the first Sunday of March 1941, in a corner of the camp kitchen at KL Auschwitz, prisoner number 77 stood to fight Kapo Walter Dünning: about forty kilograms against... Read more...
Tradycyjny czerwono-czarny geometryczny haft biłgorajski na surowym lnie - rekonstrukcja IPN
Traditional Polish Embroidery: The red and black code of Biłgoraj and the armored stitches of the Polish Commonwealth
In the Biłgoraj Plain, embroidery served as a document of identity: red, black, and blue arranged in stripes on white linen, cross-stitch and backstitch for men, chain stitch and flat... Read more...
Tradycyjna ceramika bolesławiecka ze stempelkowym wzorem pawiego oczka w kobalcie
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...
Tradycyjna heklowana koronka koniakowska - zabytek rękodzieła Beskidu Śląskiego
Koniaków lace: Crocheting without a pattern and the Beskid geometry of the weave
In Koniaków, lace is crocheted without a template or drawing – from three stitches, counting loops from memory. From caps in 1883–1884, through Maria Gwarek's cooperative and Cepelia, to tablecloths... Read more...
Mistrzowski warsztat rękawicznika na ul. Chmielnej w Warszawie - archiwalna rekonstrukcja rzemiosła
Warsaw Glovers and Furriers: The Chmielna Guild and hand-sewing with kidskin
The guild of Warsaw glovemakers was established in 1726 (or 1736 – sources differ). Twelve cut pieces and about two thousand stitches per pair, five years of apprenticeship and a... Read more...
Tradycyjny pilśniowy kapelusz z manufaktury Polkap w Skoczowie - zabytek polskiego rzemiosła
Hückel Hat Factory / "Polkap": Rabbit fur felt and hat-making craftsmanship
The J. Hückel's Söhne branch started operations in Skoczów on November 28, 1923 – on the Polish side of the customs border drawn after the division of Cieszyn Silesia. A... Read more...
Zabytkowe ceglane hale fabryczne tkalni Frotex w Prudniku - dawne zakłady Samuela Fränkla
Samuel Fränkel and "Frotex": A kingdom of damask, jacquards, and white gold
In 1827, Samuel Fränkel opened a linen shop in Prudnik; by 1913, his company employed 4,000 people and exported 70 percent of its 1,600 tons of annual production abroad, and... Read more...