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Warsaw Old Town, [a] also known as Old Town, [b] and historically known as Old Warsaw, [c] [1] is a neighbourhood, and an area of the City Information System, in the city of Warsaw, Poland, located within the district of Śródmieście. [2] It is the oldest portion of the city, and contains numerous historic buildings, mostly from 17th and 18th ...
The 5th World Festival of Youth and Students (WFYS) was held from 31 July to 15 August 1955 in Warsaw, capital city of the then Polish People's Republic. [1] The World Federation of Democratic Youth organized this festival during the rise of the peaceful coexistence concept introduced by Nikita Khrushchev among the socialist bloc.
Knights of the South Bronx (2005), about a teacher who helps students at a tough inner-city school to succeed by teaching them to play chess; Revolver (2005) Queen to Play (2009) Bobby Fischer Against the World (2011), an HBO original documentary directed by Liz Garbus premiered on June 6, 2011; explores the complex life of Fischer.
The Warsaw Uprising ( Polish: powstanie warszawskie; German: Warschauer Aufstand ), shortly after the war also known as the August Uprising ( Polish: powstanie sierpniowe ), [15] was a major World War II operation by the Polish underground resistance to liberate Warsaw from German occupation. It occurred in the summer of 1944, and it was led by ...
Jej Perfekcyjność was a Polish stand-upper, sociologist, lecturer, author and social activist, founder and long-term president of Queer UW ( University of Warsaw queer studies society), president of the management board of the Pro Diversity Foundation, secretary of the management board of the Wolontariat Równości Foundation and president of the LGBT Business Forum Foundation. She ...
The Life of Zamenhof ( Esperanto: Vivo de Zamenhof) is a biography of L. L. Zamenhof, the founder of Esperanto, written in Esperanto by Edmond Privat. The first edition was in 1920 with 208 pages, and the second edition was in 1923 with 109 pages. Titles of the chapters in the English translation by Ralph Eliott: The Peoples of Lithuania; A Child in Bielostok; A Schoolboy in Warsaw; Student ...
Instructure, Inc. is an educational technology company based in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It is the developer and publisher of Canvas, a web-based learning management system (LMS), and Mastery Connect, an assessment management system. Prior to its IPO in 2021, the company was owned by private-equity firm Thoma Bravo .
Warsaw Ghetto Museum. The Warsaw Ghetto Museum is a historical museum in Warsaw currently under construction. The target seat of the museum is the historic complex of the former Bersohn and Bauman Children's Hospital at Śliska 51 St./Sienna 60 St. [1] The opening of the facility is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2025.