Wanda Delong | Resistance Fighter From Cieszyn
Biography of the Polish resistance fighter from Cieszyn who didn’t come home. In my mother’s photo album sits a photo of Wanda Delong ‘sarenka’, clearly in my mother’s heart.
Find out moreBiography of the Polish resistance fighter from Cieszyn who didn’t come home. In my mother’s photo album sits a photo of Wanda Delong ‘sarenka’, clearly in my mother’s heart.
Find out moreThe Minute’s Silence at Worthing Town Hall to commemorate the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine will take place on Tuesday, 24 February 2026.
Find out moreThis biography about Salomea Berlińska is a companion piece to my main article on the Handlówka in Cieszyn Class of 1936, where her signature first appears.
Find out moreMy friend Yaroslava from Worthing, West Sussex is running a fundraiser in support of Ukraine. She is donating a book (in Ukrainian), in which she is a contributing author. You can win the book, which is signed by Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukrainian Ambassador to Great Britain.
Find out moreThis project focuses on a 1936 pre-war photo album that belonged to my mother, Aniela Szkawran, who studied at the Miejska Szkoła Handlowa (Handlówka in Cieszyn).
Find out moreOn Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January 2026, local communities will gather at the Holocaust Memorial Tree in Worthing.
Find out moreUpdated 19 January 2026. Meet Brandon Mitchell, a combat medic with the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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Find out moreUpdated 8 March 2026.. An introduction to Jake Broe and his YouTube channel (with link), where he regularly reports on the war in Ukraine. Find out about Jake’s Oil Refinery Bingo fundraiser.
Find out moreUpdated 8 March 2026. On his YouTube channel, The Greg Terry Experience, Greg provides breaking news from Ukraine, including geopolitical developments that shape the war.
Find out moreI have just completed my A1.1-level Ukrainian online course with the Ukrainian Institute London.
Find out moreBellotto was known for his almost photographic precision, which he achieved by using a camera obscura (a precursor to the camera). This level of detail made his paintings an invaluable architectural blueprint for the rebuilding of Warsaw.
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