Faces of War: Ostatnio dodane
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Documents on the Efforts of Swedish Diplomacy for the Release of the “Warsaw Swedes” (1942–1945)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2026-08-12)The publication contains ten documents from the Political Archive of the German Foreign Office in Berlin regarding Swedish citizens arrested in 1942 on charges of collaborating with the Polish underground resistance. These ... -
Urbanonymy as an Instrument of Commemoration and De-commemoration of the German-Soviet War in Kharkiv
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2026-08-12)The article explores the process of commemoration and de-commemoration of the Second World War events in Kharkiv. The study examines how the memory of the German-Soviet War is inscribed into Kharkiv’s toponymic landscape ... -
The School Image of The Spanish Civil Warm and the Second World War as an Instrument for Collective Memory Manipulation A Comparative Case of History and Civics Textbooks from Early Francoist Spain and People’s Republic of Poland During Stalinism
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2026-08-12)This article compares the school image of the wartime past (the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War), created during the transformative early postwar phase of Francoism in Spain and Communism in Poland. Demonstrating ... -
Murals of War in Kharkiv: Visual Narratives of Memory, Resistance, and Decolonisation
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2026-08-12)This article explores the phenomenon of wartime murals in Kharkiv as a form of public visual expression amid the full-scale war. The murals are analysed not only as artistic objects, but also as political, memorial and ... -
Eternal Battle — the Memory of Conflict in Belfast Murals
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2026-08-12)The murals present in the urban space of Belfast are one of the most distinctive forms of expression of the beliefs of Northern Ireland loyalists. Their symbolism and depictions of historical events that create a coherent ... -
The Last Journey of Fallen Soldiers in Ukraine: Traditions and Legal Norms
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2026-08-12)The Russo-Ukrainian war, which has existed as a limited conflict since 2014 and acquired the character of a full-scale war since 24 February 2022, has led to numerous casualties among both civilians and military personnel. ... -
Investigation of Mass Graves from the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 near Hradec Králové
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2026-08-12)The most important battles of the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 took place on the battlefields in today’s Czech Republic. The war was significant for the formation of present-day Europe and ranks among the largest conflicts ... -
The Partisan Trace in the Koriukivka Tragedy (16 January – 11 March 1943)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2026-08-12)This study examines the concealment of information regarding the Nazi genocide of the civilian population in the town of Koriukivka in March 1943 by the leadership of guerrilla units led by Fedorov and Popudrenko, based ... -
The Memory of the Mongol Invasion of the Hungarian Kingdom in the 13th Century among Contemporaries
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2026-08-12)Between 1240 and 1242, a large Mongol invasion struck Central Europe, including the Hungarian Kingdom. This first invasion had a serious impact on the entire region, both militarily and politically, as well as psychologically. ... -
The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212) in the Memory of the Christian West: Propaganda, Historiography, and Iconography of Victory
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2026-08-12)This article examines the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212) not primarily as a military event, but as a dynamic construct of collective memory within the Christian West. Drawing on a wide range of Latin and Iberian ... -
Keeping the Memory Alive: Ukrainian Commemoration Practices in Public Spaces Amid the War with Russia in 2025
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-12-30)On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, marking a dramatic escalation of the conflict that had been simmering since 2014. Russian troops advanced into Ukrainian territory from Russia, Belarus ... -
‘Our Folk Who Have (Not) Become Foreign...’: Political Loyalties in the Donbas During the War of 2014‒2024 (In Light of Oral History Sources)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-12-30)The military conflict that started in the Donbas in 2014, which, in 2022, turned into a full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war, has created a specific way in which it is remembered. This article is based on more than sixty interviews ... -
Use of Panzerfaust-Type Grenade Launchers by German and Soviet Soldiers during the Fighting for Pomerania in 1945
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-12-30)The mass use of anti-tank grenade launchers known as Panzerfausts (armoured fists) by the German Wehrmacht in the final phase of the Second World War in Europe made them an immediately formidable weapon. Faced with dramatic ... -
The Influence of France on the Economic Development of the Second Polish Republic in the First Years after Regaining Independence: An Outline of the Problem
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-12-30)This text aims to highlight the issue of building Polish-French economic relations in the first years after Poland regained independence. For the Polish state at that time, a key concern was securing French support in the ... -
Those Who Must Not Be Remembered: The Romanian Germanophiles and Their Historiographical Posterity
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-12-30)In the aftermath of the Great War, following the victory of the Entente and the fulfilment of the national ideal, the former internal enemy — represented by all those who had sided with the Central Powers — was gradually ... -
Building Civil Society in Wartime: Opportunities and Challenges on the Example of the Military Crisis in Ukraine in 2014‒2023
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-12-30)The article examines the development of diverse forms of activism within Ukrainian society and how citizens have been mobilised in response to oppressive authorities and war. Although the war has triggered a profound ... -
The Bored Cossack: The Way of a Ukrainian Warrior
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-12-30)The article examines Ukrainian folk paintings of Cossack Mamai as the most complete visual archetype of the Cossack, a professional warrior of the Early Modern period. It argues that Mamai’s static posture and melancholic ... -
The Concept of Occidentalism by Dmytro Dontsov as a Methodological Basis for Analysing the Contemporary Russia-Ukraine War
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-12-30)The concept of Occidentalism developed by Dmytro Dontsov serves as a significant analytical tool for understanding the Russia-Ukraine war (2014–2025), viewed as a confrontation between two fundamentally different civilisational ... -
Hungarian Mercenaries in Italy in the 14th Century: An Analysis of a Mercenary Contract of 1361
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-12-30)Hungarian mercenaries began to operate in Italy in the 1340s. The reason for their appearance in the Kingdom of Naples was the planned dynastic link between the Neopolitan and the Hungarian branches of the Angevin family. ... -
Response to the Polemic Regarding the Review of Research on Population Losses in the Wola District During the Warsaw Uprising of 1944
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-06-30)This response draws attention to the purpose of the original 2024 article, presents general remarks on the polemic text, and discusses the allegations concerning the review of research and the comparative study regarding: ...