Decision to emigrate is difficult whether it was a well-considered or very spontaneous one. Returning to Poland and finding one’s feet in a new reality, different from the one left behind when going away, is also a great challenge. For some people this is a matter of priorities and values close to one’s heart while for others – a chance for new opportunities and fulfilling one’s dreams. Together with Franklin Templeton Investments we continue the campaign called “Follow your heart. Come back to Poznań” and a series of interviews with people who returned to Poland after years of emigration. Meet the second one of them: Karolina Noszkowicz.
Browsing: Tracing Poles
On 21 and 22 September 2017, the international conference “Poles and Polish diaspora in North America” takes place at the Museum of Emigration in Gdynia.
In an increasingly multicultural world, it’s no surprise that many famous Brits have firm roots in Poland. More personalities than you might have thought for sure. Here, we compile a list of iconic Brits hailing from a Polish background or history…
A free e-Book version of Poles in the UK: A Story of Friendship and Cooperation is now available to download as PDF version.
We are approaching the celebrations of the 76th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, which united British and Polish pilots in the common struggle against the ominous Nazi threat. On the 15th of September, the organisation Hurricane of Hearts (HoH) has ensured that at Polish stores, service establishments and institutions across London – you will be able to find stickers with a white and red chequered pattern.
5 December in Gdynia will see the opening of a Polish-American exhibition devoted to the history of Hamtramck and its residents. Americans of Polish descent, Polish immigrants and even a couple of “Poles by choice “, 30 people in all, told their life stories in a unique project run by the Emigration Museum in Gdynia. The artist photographer Tomek Zerek and researcher Dr Anna Muller spent a few weeks in a place which captivated them both. Hamtramck is a small town in the state of Michigan, an exceptional enclave of Polish Americans and perhaps also a lens of social change in the world of western culture.
The project is held under Link to Poland’s media patronage.
Americans of Polish descent, Polish immigrants as well as a couple of “Poles by choice” – 30 people have told the story of their life in a unique project run by the Emigration Museum in Gdynia. Tomek Zerek, an artist and a photographer, together with a researcher, Doctor Anna Muller, spent a few months in a place that really fascinated them. Hamtramck, a small town in Michigan and a unique Polish community, has also become the pretext for our meeting with Doctor Anna Muller.
“Monument of Polish Soldiers and Wojtek the Bear” will be erected in the historical centre of Edinburgh. The substructure of the statue presenting an extraordinary Corporal-bear and an artillery man from the 2nd Polish Corps of General Anders will be made of Polish granite from a mine in Strzegom. The transport of the material is scheduled for September 2 in the evening, and is entirely financed by MCKB – a general contractor from Lodz, Poland.
Historic and contemporary aircraft of the Polish Air Force took part in The Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford.