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| Economist Country
Briefings: Poland
| Narodowy Bank Polski
| Polish Official
Statistics
| Republic of
Poland and the IMF
| Warsaw Business Journal | |
| BBC World Service - Polish
| Gazeta Wyborcza
| Polish Press Agency (index)
| Polityka
| Rzeczpospolita
| Wprost
| Życie Warszawy | |
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| Adam Mickiewicz
University, Poznan
| Catholic University of Lublin
| Jagiellonian University, Cracow
| Maps of Poland
(from the Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, The University of Texas at
Austin)
| Polish Academy of Sciences
| University of Gdansk
| University of Warsaw
| University of Wroclaw | |
| Polish Writing (Index of
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| Virtual Library of
Polish Literature | |
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| Selected
Internet Resources: Poland (from the Library of Congress)
| Wirtualna Polska | |
| Poland - Countrywatch.com (http://www.countrywatch.com/cw%5Fcountry.asp?vcountry=138) |
| Contains concise, up-to-date political, social, cultural, economic, environmental, and agricultural information. Also provides daily news and social, economic, and political statistical data for Poland and 190 other countries. Some services are by subscription. In English. |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica–Poland (http://www.britannica.com/) |
| Enter "Poland" into the subject field to perform this search. Provides useful information and web sites. |
| Poland: A Country Study (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/pltoc.html) |
| A profile of Poland, one in a continuing series of books prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. Chapters on the country's historical setting, society and its environment, economy, government and politics, and national security. Dated (1992) but still useful, especially the bibliography and chapters on historical setting and society and its environment. |
| General Web Pages, Metasites | |
| PolishWorld. (http://www.polishworld.com/) | |
| Presents an information resource on Poland. Contains current news articles and weather forecasts. Offers information on the country's arts, culture, business, economy, politics, and government. Provides information on Poland's education system, ecology, religion, sports and entertainment activities, and health care resources. Links to travel information, reference resources, and related organizations and personal pages. Also links to other Polish directories and an online bookstore. | |
| Polska.pl (http://www.polska.pl) | |
| A portal with links concerning government, history, geography, culture, science, tourism, the economy, and the Polish diaspora, as well as links to the web sites of Polish cities and other Polish portals. In Polish. | |
| Poland on the Web (http://wings.buffalo.edu/info-poland/web/index.shtml) | |
| Maintained by the Polish Academic Information Center, University of Buffalo. Annotated links to sites on arts and culture, communications and media, the economy, education, geography, government and politics, history, organizations and issues, population and people, recreation, science and heath, and travel and tourism, as well as to country profiles, country guides, link indices, and search engines. | |
| Poland Today (http://www.europeaninternet.com/poland/) | |
| Provides general news, business news, and travel information, and includes links to business, cultural, health, recreation, sports, regional, and reference sites. | |
| Wirtualna Polska - Encyklopedia (http://encyklopedia.wp.pl/) | |
| A portal which provides an interactive platform for information, communication, and electronic transactions. In Polish. | |
| REESWeb: Annotated Links (http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/scgi-bin/rees/rees2000/step2.pl) | |
| Maintained by the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Russian and East European Studies. Includes REESBrowse, an indexed collection of annotated links which may be searched by subject, culture, and region. | |
Business and Commerce
| Ministry of the Economy (http://www.mg.gov.pl/english/index.htm) | |
| This Polish government site provides information in English and Polish about the government's economic programs; the statutory tasks, organizational structure, and management of the Ministry of the Economy; and the current Polish customs duty tariff. | |
| National Bank of Poland (http://www.nbp.pl/home%5Fen.html) | |
| Site contains information in English and Polish about the National Bank of Poland (NBP), its structure and functions, banks in Poland, banking legislation, and the performance of the banking sector; NBP news and daily information (interest and exchange rates); as well as documents and links regarding European integration. Also, numismatic information, such as images of Polish banknotes and coins, and commemorative issues. | |
| Polish Agency for Foreign Investment (PAIZ) (http://www.paiz.gov.pl/) | |
| The Polish Agency for Foreign Investment (PAIZ) promotes foreign investment in the Polish market, provides information on investment conditions and procedures, and facilitates contacts with the Polish authorities and business organizations. | |
| Polish Market Review (http://www.polishmarket.com/) | |
| A good site for information about Polish market conditions, it includes sector analysis, privatization updates, and regional reports. | |
| Economist Intelligence Unit EBusiness Forum (http://www.ebusinessforum.com/index.asp) | |
| The Economist Intelligence Unit's portal to global analysis on e-business, including extensive coverage of e-commerce in Poland. | |
| Business Polska (http://www.polska.net/) | |
| Includes an investor's guide to business in Poland, market reports, and Warsaw Stock Exchange data. | |
| SkateFN-Poland (http://www.skatefn.com/countr/poland.html) | |
| Offers a survey of economic conditions in Poland, including a country profile, annual maroeconomic indicators, key market indicators, and operating indicators. | |
| Polish Official Statistics. (http://www.stat.gov.pl/english/index.htm) | |
| Features official Polish statistics, provided by the Central Statistical Office. Describes the polish statistical system, classifications, and registers. Offers access to data and publications. Links to the Web sites of the Research Centre for Economic and Statistical Studies, the Central Statistical Library, and the Polish Statistical Association. | |
| Polish Business Directory (http://www.polish-bus.com/) | |
| This site promotes Polish companies worldwide and facilitates the establishment of contacts and commercial exchanges between Polish companies in Poland and Polish or foreign businesses abroad interested in doing business in Poland. | |
| Warsaw Business Journal (http://www.wbj.pl/user/index.asp) | |
| Online business news journal, covering topics such as IT and telecommunications, industry and trade, advertising and media, and real estate. Provides exchange rates and a link to to the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The journal's "Warsaw Insider" offers a restaurant and entertainment guide, calendar of events, and practical information about Warsaw. | |
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Polish Cultural Issues
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| Ministry of Culture (http://www.mkis.gov.pl/) |
| Includes information about the ministry, institutions within its purview, and cultural events in Poland, as well as links to theaters, orchestras, opera companies, museums, libraries, and schools of music and theater. |
| Kosciuszko Foundation (http://www.kosciuszkofoundation.org/index.html) |
| Maintained by the New York-based Kosciuszko Foundation, which promotes educational and cultural exchanges between the United States and Poland, this site offers information about cultural events, books, grants and scholarships, and summer programs abroad, as well as links to other organizations. |
| Music and Theater | |
| Polish Music Center (http://www.usc.edu/dept/polish%5Fmusic/) | |
| An extensive website providing information about composers, competitions, festivals, manuscripts, scores, and recordings of Polish music, as well as newsletters, journals, and books on various aspects of Polish music. The Polish Music Center is associated with the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. | |
| Polish Music Journal (http://www.usc.edu/dept/polish%5Fmusic/PMJ/) | |
| An academic, peer-reviewed publication devoted to the study of Polish music. Published since 1998 by the Polish Music Center, University of Southern California. | |
| Operabase-Poland (http://www.opus2.org/en/pl/) | |
| Links to Polish opera companies. House, booking, and season information. Some sites in English and Polish. | |
| Theaters on the Internet (http://www.teatry.art.pl/index1.htm) | |
| Information and links regarding companies, performances, festivals, reviews, TV and radio theater, legends of the Polish theater, theatrical publications, and the Association of Polish Actors, as well as interviews with individuals associated with the theater (directors, critics, actors, etc.). In Polish. | |
| Museums and Art Galleries | |
| National Museum in Warsaw (http://www.ddg.com.pl/nm/index.html) | |
| Information about the museum and its collections and exhibits, including images of painting and sculpture from its galleries of Polish art and from its new collection of Eastern Christian art. In English. | |
| Contemporary Art Galleries in Poland (http://info.galerie.art.pl/index%5Fe.html) | |
| Links to contemporary art galleries in Poland, which may be searched by name, city, or region. Maintained by the Documentation and Information Department, Center for Contemporary Art, Warsaw. In English and Polish. | |
| Polish Museums in the World (http://www.polskiinternet.com/english/spor/1museum.html) | |
| Maintained by the Chicago-based PolskiInternet.com, this site offers brief descriptions of and links to Polish museums in Poland, the United States, and Switzerland. | |
| Film | |
| Polish Cinema Database (http://wwwtech.net.pl/Filmy/filmy%5Fabout.html) | |
| Contains information about motion pictures made in Poland from 1947 to the present, also about some films made by Polish directors abroad. | |
| Folk Culture | |
| Polish Folk Resources (http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/%7Eaa051/polish.html) | |
| Links to Polish folk ensembles, cultural societies, and related sites. |
Education
| Ministry of National Education (http://www.sggw.waw.pl/plus/index.html) |
| Information on the Polish national education system and links to institutes of higher education, including universities, technical universities, agricultural academies, economic academies, teacher education schools, academies of physical education, and public higher vocational schools. |
| Polish Academic Information Center, University of Buffalo (http://wings.buffalo.edu/info-poland/index.html) | ||
| Information on Polish studies at U.S. colleges and universities, opportunities to study abroad, and resources for American teachers and students, as well as a directory of scholars with transnational Polish and American interests, and annotated links to Poland-related information. | ||
| Kosciuszko Foundation (http://www.kosciuszkofoundation.org/index.html) | ||
| Maintained by the New York-based Kosciuszko Foundation, which promotes educational and cultural exchanges between the United States and Poland, this site offers information about cultural events, books, grants and scholarships, and summer programs abroad, as well as links to other organizations. | ||
| School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London. (http://www.ssees.ac.uk/) | ||
| Features the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) at the University of London, England. Discusses the school's departments and centers, staff and students, activities, and library and archive resources. Links to a directory of Internet resources on central and eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, and to other related sites. Posts contact information via mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail. | ||
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| Polish Genealogy
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| PolandGenWeb (http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Epolwgw/polandgen.html) |
| A complete guide to uncovering your Polish roots: including research guides, beginner's tips, available records and where to find them, and online transcriptions of Polish records. |
| PolishRoots (http://www.polishroots.com/) |
| Allows users to register surnames they are researching. Among other popular features are translated entries from the Slownik Geograficzny, a 19th century Polish gazeteer covering territories within the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. |
| Polish Genealogical Society of America (http://www.pgsa.org/index.htm) |
| The PGSA aims to collect, disseminate and preserve information on Polish and Polish-American Family History and to help members use that information in their own research. Among the databases offered here are an index of obituaries found in the Dziennik Chicagoski, indexes of jubilee books from Polish parishes in various U.S. cities, and marriage records from Polish parishes in Chicago. Also includes links to other Polish and non-Polish genealogical organizations and resources. |
| Genealogy Resources--Poland Mailing Lists (http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_country-pol.html) |
| German Genealogy | |
| Germans in Poland (http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/ESE/poland.html) | |
| Provides information about genealogical and historical records, gazeteers and maps, and a link to an English-language newsletter for Germans from Congress Poland. In English and German. | |
| German Genealogy Links (http://www.genealogylinks.net/europe/ger.htm) | |
| Over 250 genealogy links for Germany, including ships passenger lists, censuses, cemetery transcriptions, military records. | |
| Jewish Genealogy | |
| JewishGen (http://www.jewishgen.org/index.html) | |
| Includes the ShtetlSeeker town search and Jewish Records Indexing-Poland. In English. | |
| Global Gazeteer: Towns and Cities in Poland (http://www.calle.com/world/poland/index.html) |
| Information for nearly 57,000 cities and towns in Poland, including maps, as well as other geographic and meteorological information. In English. |
| JewishGen ShtetlSeeker-Town Search (http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/) |
| Find any town or city in Eastern Europe. At the JewishGen site. In English. |
| Maps--Historical | |
| Map Gallery-Cartographia Rappersviliana Polonorum (http://www.muzeum-polskie.org/galeria.htm) | |
| Large maps of 16th- and 17th-century Poland and Lithuania. | |
| Russia's Polish Provinces, 1902 (http://feefhs.org/maps/ruse/re-polan.html) | |
| Scanned from the Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedic Atlas, 1902. Included in the Map Room Index of the Federation of East European Family History Societies (FEEFHS) web site. | |
| Maps--Present-Day | |
| Interactive Map of Poland (http://www.pilot.pl) | |
| Offers various degrees of detail, ranging from an overview of the whole country to detailed maps of over 160 towns and cities. Presented by the Institute of Geodesy and Cartography. | |
| UT Library Online (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/poland.html) | |
| Maps from the Perry-Castaneda Collection, University of Texas at Austin. | |
| Meteorology | |
| Weather Forecast (http://www.ipolska.pl/pogoda/) | |
| Prepared daily by the Institute of Meteorology and Water Administration. Includes a temperature map of Poland. In Polish. | |
| Environment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carpathian Ecoregion Initiative (http://www.carpathians.org/index.htm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Describes the conservation
efforts in the Carpathian Mountains of a partnership of more than 50
organizations from seven countries. Includes links to such subjects as
biodiversity in the Carpathians, people in the Carpathians, and data and
maps. In English and other languages.
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| Ministry of Health (http://www.mzios.gov.pl/) |
| News and documents; information on projects, services, and health policy. In Polish, with a link to the English-language Reuters Health Information site. |
| WWW VL Public Health: Europe - Poland (http://www.ldb.org/vl/geo/europe/4pol.htm) |
| Links to resources on public health in Poland. In English, with links to both English- and Polish-language sites. |
History
| General Resources |
| Virtual Poland: History (http://katalog.wp.pl/www/Edukacja_Nauka_Technika/Nauki_i_Dziedziny_Wiedzy/Historia/) |
| Links to sites regarding the history of Poland, World Wars I and II, historical figures, and heraldry, among other subjects. |
| Poland: A Country Study (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/cntrystd.pl) |
| A profile of Poland, one in a continuing series of books prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. Chapters on the country’s historical setting, society and its environment, economy, government and politics, and national security. Dated (1992) but still useful, especially the bibliography and chapters on historical setting and society and its environment. |
| Historical Institutes and Associations | |
| CyberHistoria (http://www.historia.uw.edu.pl) | |
| Maintained by the University of Warsaw's Historical Institute, this site contains information about the history, staff, and activities of the institute, as well as a biographical dictionary. | |
| PAHA: Polish American Historical Association (http://www.pahaol.com/index.htm) | |
| This site provides information about PAHA, its conferences and publications, and about its Polish American Memoirs Project. | |
| German Historical Institute (GHI), Warsaw (http://www.dhi.waw.pl/) | |
| GHI researches Polish history and the history of Polish-German relations; conducts comparative research on the history of Poland, Germany, and other European countries; and facilitates scholarly contacts between Poland and Germany. Web site includes links to the GHI library and virtual libraries, and to other German historical institutes. | |
| Jewish Historical Research Institute (http://www.jewishinstitute.org.pl/) | |
| The only institution in Poland devoted entirely to the study of the history and culture of Polish Jews, it is a depository of Jewish-related archival documents, books, journals, and museum objects. | |
| Language |
| Languages of Poland (http://www.ethnologue.com/show%5Fcountry.asp?name=Poland) |
| Ethnologue.com report about spoken living languages, extinct languages, and deaf sign languages in Poland; dialects of these languages; and numbers of speakers. |
| Online Language Instruction | |
| Polish for All (http://users.netmatters.co.uk/dandaforbes/Polish.html) | |
| Interactive multimedia lessons for learning Polish at the elementary level. | |
| Online Dictionaries | |
| Poltran.com (http://www.poltran.com/) | |
| Includes an online dictionary and translating system. | |
| Literature | |
| Polish Literature on the Internet (http://monika.univ.gda.pl/%7Eliterat/indexx.htm) | |
| Links to the Virtual Library of Polish Literature, Guide to Literary Resources on the Internet, and Gdansk Literary Bibliography. Maintained by the Institute of Polish Philology, University of Gdansk. Mostly in Polish, but some parts are in English. | |
| Polish Writing (http://www.polishwriting.net/) | |
| A website devoted to translations of Polish literature (prose and poetry) into English, containing an online searchable database. Also provides extracts of key works. | |
| Books on Line (http://www.ksiazki.pol.pl/) | |
| A service of the Polska OnLine portal, this site provides literary news; information about publishers, book fairs, promotions, and literary awards; and a catalog of books, CD-ROMs, and video and audio cassettes. | |
| Polish Library Web Sites |
| Biblioteki polskie - lista (http://bg.uwb.edu.pl/adresyp.htm) |
| Compiled by Bialystok University, this site provides links to the major academic and public libraries of Bialystok, Bydgoszcz, Gdansk, Gliwice, Katowice, Kielce, Koszalin, Kraków, Lublin, Lódz, Olsztyn, Opole, Poznan, Siedlce, Szczecin, Torun, Warszawa, Wroclaw, and Zielona Góra. |
| Web Sites of Polish Libraries (http://www.uidaho.edu/%7Emajanko/ankieta/libraries.html) |
| Lists Polish university and research libraries and provides links to their home pages. In English and Polish. |
| National Library, Warsaw (http://www.bn.org.pl/) |
| Home page of the National Library of Poland. The MAK Databases (WWW) include a link to the Bibliografia zawartości czasopism, a guide to periodical literature prepared by the Library's Bibliographic Institute. In English and Polish. |
| Major Polish Collections Outside of Poland | |
| Polish Collections at the British Library (http://www.bl.uk/collections/easteuropean/polish.html) | |
| Polish Collections at the Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/rr/european/coll/poli.html) | |
| Polish Library of Washington (http://www.polishlibrary.org) | |
| Founded in 1991, the Polish Library of Washington is a circulating library serving the Polish community of the metropolitan Washington area. The site provides access to the library's online catalog of books and videos, an archive of library newsletters and book reviews, Polish bookstores, other Polish libraries, and sundry other useful links. | |
| Alliance College Polish Collection, University of Pittsburgh (http://www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/ac/ac.html) | |
| Alliance College, founded by the Polish National Alliance (PNA) in 1912, closed in 1987. In 1991, the PNA donated the approximately 35,000 cataloged and 15,000 uncataloged volumes in the college's Polish collection to the University of Pittsburgh. Primarily in Polish, the collection is particularly strong in Polish language and literature, history, and the Polish experience in the United States. | |
| Online Catalogs and Guides | |
| Online catalog of the Adam Mickiewicz University Library (http://lib.amu.edu.pl/angielska/katalogi.htm) | |
| Offers links to online catalogs of other university libraries in Poland, and to that of the Polish Library in Washington, DC. | |
| Polish Bibliographies and Directories on the Internet (http://www.bj.uj.edu.pl/%7Eoin/bibliogr.htm) | |
| Links to a broad range of online guides, including the central catalogs of library collections in Poland. Maintained by the Jagiellonian Library, Jagiellonian University, Krakow. | |
| Guide to East European and Slavic Library Collections on the Internet. (http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/%7Eaatseel/libraries.html) | |
| Links to the online catalogs of the Columbia University, Harvard University, Indiana University, University of Illinois, University of Kansas, Yale University, and other libraries with outstanding Polish collections. Maintained by the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages. | |
| Online Libraries | |
| Virtual Library of Polish Literature (http://monika.univ.gda.pl/%7Eliterat/books.htm) | |
| Includes an alphabetical index of authors, titles in chronological order, biographical notes, and illustrations. Maintained by the Institute of Polish Philology, University of Gdansk. Biographical notes in English and Polish. | |
| Central and Eastern European Online Library (http://www.ceeol.com) | |
| An Internet library of scholarly and cultural publications from Central and Eastern Europe. Search articles, books, publishers, periodicals, and authors. | |
| Archives | |
| Archives in Poland (http://www.archiwa.gov.pl/archiwa/struktura.eng.html) | |
| Provides a description of holdings, contact information, and annotated links to the three main national archives in Warsaw: the Central Archive of Historical Records, the Archive of New Records, and the Archive of Audiovisual Records. In Polish and English. | |
| Archival Information Center (http://www.piasa.org/archives.html) | |
| The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America maintains this guide to significant Polish archival collections in the United States, Canada, and other countries. In English. | |
| For Librarians | |
| Electronic Information Bulletin for Librarians (http://ebib.oss.wroc.pl/english/index.html) | |
| The first Polish online library journal, published by the Association of Polish Librarians. In English and Polish. | |
| Lists Hosted in Poland (http://www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?XC=PL&C=Poland) |
| Maintained by L-Soft International, this site provides links to 98 Polish listservs and discussion lists/groups. Most lists are in Polish. |
| Usenet News in Poland (http://www.usenet.pl/) |
| This page is at the NewsReaders.com: Newsgroups site. Lists are in Polish. |
| Online Press--From Poland |
| Polish Press Agency (PAP) (http://www.pap.com.pl/) |
| In addition to daily news, its basic product, PAP provides photographs, scientific and economic information, and other services. In Polish. |
| Gazeta Wyborcza (http://www.gazeta.pl/alfa/home.jsp) |
| Poland's largest daily newspaper. |
| Rzeczpospolita Online (http://www.rzeczpospolita.pl/) |
| ŻycieWarszawyonline (http://www.zw.com.pl/) |
| This online version of Życie Warszawy contains all articles from the print publication and is indexed using a WAIS-search engine. |
| Online Press--From Other Countries |
| Nowy Dziennik (http://www.dziennik.com/www/index.htm) |
| Daily newspaper, published in New York City. In Polish. |
| RFE/RL Poland, Belarus, and Ukraine Report (http://www.rferl.org/pbureport/) |
| A survey of developments in Poland, Belarus, and Ukraine by RFE/RL's regional specialists. |
| The Washington Post-Poland (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/worldref/country/poland.htm) |
| Search the Washington Post and Associated Press for recent articles about Poland. |
| Reporter.pl Information Service (http://www.reporter.pl/) |
| Includes three electronic monthlies and wide range of news and information services. In Polish. |
| Online Radio and Television |
| BBC, Polish Service (http://www.bbc.co.uk/polish/) |
| Voice of America, Polish Service (http://www.voanews.com/polish/) |
| Radiopol (http://www.radiopol.com/) |
| TvPolonia.com (http://www.tvpolonia.com/maly.html) |
| Publishing | |
| Polish Scientific Publishers PWN (http://en.pwn.pl/) | |
| PWN is a major publisher of scholarly, educational, and professional literature, as well as reference works. Links to subsidiaries, publishers' associations, and related sites. In English and Polish. | |
| Polish Bookstores and Publishers (Slavophilia) (http://www.slavophilia.net/poland/book.htm) | |
| Links to Polish publishers and bookstores in Poland, the United States, and Austria. | |
| Defense |
| Ministry of Defense (http://www.wp.mil.pl/) |
| Ministry responsible for the Polish armed forces. In Polish, English, French, and German. |
| Polish Armed Forces (http://www.wp.mil.pl/_en_paf/e_4_n.htm) |
| At the Ministry of Defense web site. Information on the army, navy, air and air defense forces, and related subjects. In English. |
| The Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland (http://www.polandembassy.org/polemb/english/armed%5Fforces.htm) |
| At the web site of the Embassy of Poland in Washington, DC. Includes photographs of military equipment. In English. |
| National Security Services | |
| Bureau of National Security (BBN) (http://www.bbn.gov.pl/eng/bbn%5Feng.html) | |
| BBN provides expert assistance as well as organizational, technical, and financial aid to the National Security Council of Poland. This site also includes information about Poland's accession to NATO, its participation in the OSCE, and about the Consultative Committee of the Presidents of the Republic of Poland and Ukraine. In English. | |
| National Security Council (http://www.bbn.gov.pl/eng/nsc.html) | |
| At the BBN site. The National Security Council advises the President on matters pertaining to the internal and external security of the state. In English. | |
| Internal Security Services | |
| Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration (http://www.mswia.gov.pl/) | |
| Assumes police and border guard functions. Mostly in Polish. | |
| Police Headquarters (http://www.kgp.gov.pl/index.html) | |
| In Polish. | |
| Border Guards (http://www.sg.gov.pl/) | |
| In Polish. | |
| Intelligence | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Office of State Protection (UOP) (http://www.uop.gov.pl/) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This office is responsible for intelligence, counterintelligence, and government electronic security. In Polish and English. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Religion |
| Roman Catholic Church in Poland (http://www.opoka.org.pl/) |
| Maintained by the Opoka Foundation, established by the Polish Bishops' Conference to coordinate all Internet activities of the Roman Catholic Church in Poland. Includes links to news about the church, liturgical texts, photographs, and Vatican Radio. Mostly in Polish, but some parts are in English and other languages. |
| Eastern-Rite Churches in Poland (http://wings.buffalo.edu/info-poland/religion/easternrite.html) |
| Maintained by the University of Buffalo, this site offers a good introduction to Poland's Eastern-Rite (Orthodox and Greek-Catholic) churches. |
| Orthodox Church in Poland (http://www.orthodox.pl) |
| In Polish. |
| Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in Poland (http://www.webmedia.pl/stepan/cerkwa.htm) |
| In Ukrainian. |
| Evangelical Augsburg (Lutheran) Church in Poland (http://www.luteranie.pl/) |
| The largest Protestant church in Poland. In Polish. |
| Philosophy | |
| Polish Philosophy Home Page. (http://www.fmag.unict.it/polhome.html) | |
| Presents information on Polish philosophy, provided by F. Coniglione. Highlights the main philosophers of the 20th century, philosophical schools and trends, books, papers, preprints, seminars, conferences, and bibliographical resources. Links to other resources on Polish philosophy and culture. | |
| The Lublin School of Philosophy (http://www.vaxxine.com/hyoomik/lublin/lublinism.html) | |
| Basic information about the Lublin School of Philosophy, articles by its members, and links to related sites. In English. | |
| Philosophia Analytica in Polonia (http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/8692/) | |
| Web site devoted to Polish analytical philosophy and theology, with links to philosophy and theology departments in Poland and to related sites. In English. | |
Science
| Polish Academy of Sciences (http://www.pan.pl) |
| Includes links to many scientific institutes, associations, and committees. In Polish and English. Note: this page was not yet operational on April 23, 2002. |
| Polish Scientific Institutions (http://main.amu.edu.pl/%7Ezbzw/ph/sci/scinst.htm) |
| Links to more than 240 scientific and scholarly institutes. In English. |
| Anthropology |
| Institute of Anthropology, Polish Academy of Sciences (http://www.antro.pan.wroc.pl/index.htm) |
| Describes the work of the institute and provides information about its publications. In English and Polish |
| Demography | |
| Polish Official Statistics. (http://www.stat.gov.pl/english/index.htm) | |
| Features official Polish statistics, provided by the Central Statistical Office. Describes the polish statistical system, classifications, and registers. Offers access to data and publications. Links to the Web sites of the Research Centre for Economic and Statistical Studies, the Central Statistical Library, and the Polish Statistical Association. | |
| Diaspora | |
| Polonia.org (http://www.polonia.org/) | |
| Provides links to Polish diaspora sites in North America, Europe, Australia, Asia, and Africa, as well as links to businesses, media, and schools in the diaspora. In Polish. | |
| Minority Groups | |
| German Minority NGOs in Poland (http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/civsoc/final/poland/pol6.doc) | |
| At the site of the Civil Society and Governance Program, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. A good introduction to the complicated situation of the German minority in Poland. | |
| Ukrainians in Poland, 1989-99 (http://free.ngo.pl/nslowo/tyma.html) | |
| A brief history of the Ukrainian community after the collapse of the communist regime in Poland. In Polish. | |
| Ukrainian Pages in Poland (http://harazd.net) | |
| Links to Ukrainian web sites in Poland. In Ukrainian. | |
| Lemko Page (http://www.lemko.org/index.html) | |
| General information and links to sites about the inhabitants of the Carpathian Mountains who were forcibly resettled by the Polish government in the mid-1940s. In English. | |
| Lithuanians and Belarusians (Borderland Foundation site) (http://www.pogranicze.sejny.pl/) | |
| Established in the northeastern Polish town of Sejny, the Borderland Foundation promotes the peaceful coexistence of ethnic Poles, Lithuanians, Belarusians, and other groups in this multicultural area. In Polish and English. | |
| Jewish Community in Poland (http://www.jewish.org.pl/) | |
| News about the Jewish community, as well as links to the Jewish press, educational facilities, associations, and an online encyclopedia of Judaism. In Polish and English. | |
| The Roma in Poland (http://www.osi.hu/rpp/biblio/roma2%5F12.html) | |
| An annotated list of books about the Roma (Gypsies) in Poland. In English. | |
| Women's Rights, Feminism | |
| Women's Rights Center (http://Free.ngo.pl/temida/contents.htm) | |
| Founded in 1994 to promote equal rights and opportunities for Polish women. In English. | |
| National Women's Information Center (http://www.oska.org.pl/) | |
| A non-governmental non-profit organization that encourages women's participation in public life, promotes awareness of gender equality, and tries to strengthen the Polish women's community by encouraging cooperation and networking of women's organizations. In Polish and English. | |
| Women's Foundation (http://www.efka.org.pl/) | |
| A non-profit feminist foundation established in 1991 to promote women's independence and solidarity, fight discrimination, and support the development of women's culture. Its Women's Center operates a hot line and a feminist library/archives, and arranges free legal advice for women. In Polish and English. | |
| Wirtualna Polska (http://www.wp.pl/) |
| Portal to web resources from and about Poland provides links organized by subjects. |
| WOW! (http://katalog.wow.pl/) |
A Forgotten Odyssey
| 'A Forgotten Odyssey' is the title of a recent documentary film by Jagna Wright and Aneta Naszynska. It deals with the forgotten tragedy of 1.7 million Polish citizens of various faiths and ethnicities (Polish, Ukrainian, Belorussian, Catholic, Orthodox, Jewish) deported from eastern Poland (Kresy) in 1940-42 to special labour camps in Siberia, Kazakhstan and Soviet Asia. Some 120,000 of these escaped through Persia in 1942 as soldiers of Anders Army and their families - and eventually made their way to the West because their pre-war homeland was consigned by the Allies to remain under the hated Soviet regime. |
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| The circumstances of their odyssey and the tragic history of the Polish citizens under Soviet occupation during the war was hushed up by the Allies during the war to protect the reputation of the Soviet Union, an important ally in the war against the Nazis. After years of courageous suffering, followed by heroic efforts fighting at the side of the Allies in Africa, Italy and Europe, the staunchly anti-communist Polish soldiers were prevented from even participating in the Allied victory celebrations. |
| Unfortunately, it is only now, 60 years
later and when the survivors are old and many have died, that this
tragic story is being rediscovered and publicised by the descendants of
the survivors. If the film and its related website can play a small role
in that effort, it will have been an important achievement.
The website contains a wide collection of links to a large number of relevant and valuable resources. To learn more, please visit: http://www.aforgottenodyssey.com/ |
To quote from their site's home page:
The "Kresy-Siberia Group" brings into contact people from countries around the world with a special interest in the tragedy of the 1.7 million Polish citizens of various faiths and ethnicities (Polish, Ukrainian, Belorussian, Catholic, Orthodox, Jewish, etc.) deported from eastern Poland (Kresy) in 1940-42 to special labour camps in Siberia, Kazakhstan and Soviet Asia. Some 115,000 of these were evacuated through Persia in 1942 as soldiers of Anders Army and their families - and eventually made their way to the West. The circumstances of their odyssey and the tragic history of the Polish citizens under Soviet occupation during the war was hushed up by the Allies during the war to protect the reputation of the Soviet Union, an important ally in the war against the Nazis.
Sixty years later the survivors have aged and many have died. With this list we hope to bring together surviving deportees and their descendants to remember, learn, discover and spread the word of their ordeal to the world and to future generations.
If this list can play even a small role in that effort, it will have been an important achievement.
To visit the group, click on: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kresy-Siberia/
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