13 April 1943: Nazis announce discovery of 1940 Soviet massacre of #Polish troops at #Katyn.The postwar Polish communist regime had to insist it was a Nazi crime. Only following 1990 Soviet admission of guilt could honest commemorations begin

2008 display, memorial Kraków

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from the research files:

#WWII #Polish soldiers celebrate #Passover in Glasgow, #Scotland, 1943

contemporaneous news report:
https://www.jta.org/archive/jewsh-soldiers-in-polish-army-mark-passover-at-services-in-scotland

[12:17] European police dismantle child abuse image network

Polish police have announced the dismantling of a vast online network for images of child sexual abuse, an operation carried out in cooperation with 11 other European countries.

https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2025/0409/1506660-europe-police/

#Polish #11 #European

Coverage over the growing scandal of #antisemitism in the #Polish Army in the #UK continued, too.

Historical sidelights:
Then as now the radical British left tended toward the histrionic ("Fascism" etc.). The difference: back then, it was also philo- rather than antisemitic
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6 April 1944: New York Times picked up news of #antisemitism in the #Polish Army in UK

Eden's arguments--further transfers a threat to D-Day readiness, govt was doing all it could--were delusional.

Driberg dropped a bombshell when he revealed ex-Nazi soldiers in PL ranks
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#Diverse, evolving, and #flavorful world of #Polish #food https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A7U-ti3k2g&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

So, back to #WWII
2 Feb. 1944 @JewishChron laconically reported on the origins of a crisis of as yet unrecognized proportions. In January, 68 Jewish soldiers of the #Polish Army-in-Exile in the UK left their units due to rampant #antisemitism & secured transfer to UK forces
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Diane Taylor: #Polish woman, 80, faces #deportation from #UK after mistakenly filling in form online: Elzbieta Olszewska refused time to complete paper application but was only told of decision after visitor visa had expired

"My wife & I will be looking after her in our home. I pay my taxes & I’m a good citizen. This makes me very angry. This is a country of law & democracy but this decision feels like it was made by a Soviet bureaucracy."–Michal Olszewski

#immigration
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/31/polish-woman-80-faces-deportation-home-office-application-mistake-online-paper

"Gershom Scholem brought kabbalism from the shadows into the lamplight of scholarship. He is the real-life protagonist in Steve Stern’s #novel, A Fool’s Kabbalah; Menke Klepfisch is the novel’s fictional protagonist, and they make an odd pairing. Scholem is traveling #postwar #Europe in search of looted #Jewish #books while, several years earlier, Klepfisch lives in a #Polish #shtetl, a holy fool who finds himself entertaining #Nazi occupiers with his antics."

https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/books/a-fool%E2%80%99s-kabbalah-by-steve-stern/

Today in Labor History March 25, 1919: Cossack troops murdered 4,000 Jews in the Tetiev pogrom in Ukraine, two-thirds of the Jewish population. They tossed infants into the air and dashed their bodies on the pavement and burned the Jewish quarter to the ground. The Tetiev pogrom would become the prototype of mass murder during the Holocaust. During the Russian Civil War, from 1918 to 1921, there were 1,236 violent attacks against Jews in 524 Ukrainian towns. 30,000-60,000 died in these pogroms. The Ukrainian People's Republic army, Ukrainian warlords, the Red Army and the Polish Army all participated in anti-Jewish pogroms.

We're thrilled to #announce that we have #partnered with WeMavin Language Services Co., Ltd. for all our localization needs!

WeMavin are planning to offer their services to several western #indie #games #studios in the near future, so if you're looking for any #localization #services, get in touch with them!

#languages #english #french #spanish #german #italian #swedish #finnish #turkish #japanese #chinese #korean #polish #hindi #arabic #gamesupport

https://www.wemaven.com/

Here is a nice and brief infographic on the topic of #Polish game industry. #Poland offers many AAA, fascinating, original, and more games, which you can try and, by doing so, help the #EU market.

Original post: https://lemm.ee/post/59272295

Portrait of Mahmud Hamdi Pasha, #Polish Origin Ottoman Statesman (1828-1896) #History #Pasha

Polishing the glider's paint - a brief experiment with an electric dual-action polisher on a test piece.

I used a coarse foam disk and cutting/buffing (not polishing) compound. The machine was at the lowest speed and light pressure was used for a minute or two.

This is a promising follow up to: https://universeodon.com/@KrajciTom/114197665061988882

The difference in surface prep was obvious. Where the paint had been sanded with 1200, the surface gained a gloss almost instantly. If the surface was sanded with 600, it remained hazy. Those sections only sanded with 400 were very hazy, even with more polishing time and a bit more pressure.

It looks like I'll hand sand to 1200, then use the electric polisher.

I just had an idea. If I build a bracket/clamp to hold the polisher upside down, I can hold small parts and better control the process.

#avgeek #aviation #ElectricAircraft #ExperimentalAviation #homebuilt
#Glider #DIY #Paint #Sand #Buff #Polish

I need to remove the orange peel texture from my painted parts. I will sand the flaws to remove them.

But then I need to use finer and finer sandpaper to prepare to buff and polish the paint to a mirror finish.

This evening I'm learning how much work it takes to sand away the flaws, and what grit to use. (400? 600?)

And I'm learning how much work is needed at finer grits to prepare for buffing.

If you have ever ground and polished glass, this will be a familiar process.

#avgeek #aviation #ElectricAircraft #ExperimentalAviation #homebuilt
#Glider #DIY #Paint #Sand #Buff #Polish

Dobranoc.

youtube.com/watch?v=w0GhkRIvNu…