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Archive for the ‘Poland’ Category May 3 May 3 is Constitution Day in two countries on opposite sides of the globe. May 3 Constitution, by Jan Matejko, 1891 Poland’s most recent constitution dates only to 1997, but it stems from the Constitution of May 3, 1791, one of the oldest codified constitutions in the world. [...] The West read the headlines in shock… The two most bitter enemies in Europe, Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin, had signed a non-aggression pact. What did it mean? The end of peace and the beginning of the most devastating war in history. In spite of concern over Nazi Germany’s buildup of military power, the West had [...] I have seen this day marked as a holiday on international calendars, but if so it’s a strange celebration. In 1939 Germany and the Soviet Union attacked Poland, completely unprovoked. January 17, 1945 marks the day Soviet forces pushed German forces out of the country. As the blogger Callimachus writes: “On [...] |
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