History

The Krakow Post jumps into its time machine to investigate a fabled National Holiday

President Lech Kaczynski has honored dozens of Poles, a German military officer and a Japanese diplomat for saving Jews in Poland before and during World War II. The president gave medals to 31 of the 53 people chosen for the awards in a ceremony last week at Warsaw's National Opera House, Gazeta Wyborcza daily reported.

The remains of the seven crew members of RAF Halifax JP 276, a bomber which crashed near Dabrowa Tarnowska in 1944, were buried in the British Commonwealth sector of the Rakowicki Cemetery on October 4.

Remnants of a Neolithic settlement have been discovered at a building site in the northern part of Nowa Huta.

August 1 marks the day of the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. The Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa ? AK) struggled to liberate Poland from Nazi German occupation 63 year ago on this day.

The Soviet IS-2 tank from Nowa Huta's Osiedle Gorali is among the most well-known symbols of this Krakow district.

Krakow would not be Krakow without the bugle call. Every hour, the refrains of a bugle are heard from atop St. Mary?s Church tower. The Krakow bugle is the oldest permanent radio music broadcast in the world.

Have you ever thought of going back in time to a world of courage, honor, knights in shining armor and princesses waiting faithfully for their beloveds? Wouldn't it be fascinating to feel the atmosphere of Middle Age mystery and romance, to see people adorned in ornate costumes and to marvel at how they remained untarnished and unwrinkled as they fought for their principles?

Even though both Cracovia and Wisla have lost their chances to win this season's championship of the top Polish football league, Orange Ekstraklasa, many fans waited for Sunday?s clash as one of the two most important games of the year.

An interview about reviving the city?s Jewish community