April is National Poetry Month
Just a quick reminder that April is National Poetry Month! This year marks the 30th Anniversary of this month-long recognition of the importance of poetry…
April 21, 2026
Aquila Polonica
Blog posts related to Aquila Polonica, its books, other products, news, reviews and events, authors and others involved with the company.
Pilecki Institute Inaugurates NYC Branch
This weekend the Pilecki Institute will inaugurate its new New York City branch, located at 92 Greenwich Street. The public is welcome to attend the…
March 13, 2026
Winter 1940 in Warsaw
The past month has brought severe cold and snow to the Eastern and Midwestern United States this year — but it can’t hold a candle…
February 20, 2026
303 Squadron at Palm Springs Air Museum
We recently visited the fabulous Palm Springs Air Museum, located at the Palm Springs Airport in California. The Museum houses approximately 75 different military aircraft,…
January 23, 2026
Agent Zo – Wins Polish Foreign Ministry Award
We’re so pleased to congratulate author Clare Mulley! Her book Agent Zo: The Untold Story of Fearless WW2 Resistance Fighter Elzbieta Zawacka was awarded…
December 23, 2025
2025 Aquila Polonica Article Prize Winner
We’re thrilled to announce that Dr. Louisa M. McClintock, researcher at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Holocaust Justice Project, has won the 2025 Aquila Polonica…
December 19, 2025
September 29-30, 1944 – The Warsaw Uprising, Part 7
We are ending our series of blog posts about the Warsaw Uprising — which has drawn from our award-winning book The Color of Courage, by…
September 29, 2024
September 27-28, 1939 – Warsaw Surrenders
Continuing Rulka Langer’s account of the early days of World War II from the point of view of a young working mother in Warsaw, from…
September 27, 2024
September 25, 1939 – Black Monday
Eighty-five years ago today, the Germans launched their most relentless two-day bombing campaign against Warsaw, Poland’s capital — a bombing campaign so devastating that September…
September 25, 2024
September 19, 1940 – Witold Pilecki Begins His Undercover Mission at Auschwitz
Polish Army officer Captain Witold Pilecki volunteered for an almost certainly suicidal undercover mission for the Polish Underground: get himself arrested by the Germans and…
September 19, 2024
September 1, 1939 – World War II Begins
Today is the 85th anniversary of the beginning of World War II on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. In her award-winning book The…
September 1, 2024
September 1-2, 1944 – The Warsaw Uprising, Part 6
Continuing our series of blog posts about the Warsaw Uprising, drawing from our award-winning book The Color of Courage, by Julian Kulski: CHAPTER 6 AGE…
September 1, 2024
