The złoty is the official currency and legal tender of Poland. It is subdivided into 100 grosz (gr). It is the most traded currency in Central and Eastern Europe and ranks 21st most-traded in the foreign exchange market.
The following is a list of the Polish military oaths, both historical and contemporary.
The Order of the Cross of Grunwald was a military decoration created in Poland in November 1943 by the High Command of Gwardia Ludowa, a World War II Polish resistance movement organised by the Polish Workers Party. On 20 February 1944 it was confirmed by the State National Council and on 22 December by the Polish Committee of National Liberation and further confirmed on 17 February 1960 by the government of the People's Republic of Poland.
Order of the Builders of People's Poland was the highest civil decoration of Poland in the times of the People's Republic of Poland.
The Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland is a former Polish civil state award established by the Council of State on 23 May 1954 to recognize services to the state.
Leonard Henryk Andrzejewski was a Polish actor. He appeared in the television series Ballada o Januszku in 1988-89. He was a winner of the Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland in 1955 and the Meritorious Activist of Culture in 1977.
Polish campaign stars were established on 14 June 2007 to recognize military and civilian participants of overseas missions since 2002. Polish personnel must have been present for at least one day. Foreigners may be presented with a campaign star for collaborating with Polish forces during the mission.
The Medal of the 30th Anniversary of People's Poland is a former civil decoration of Poland established by the Council of State on 7 February 1974 to recognize contribution of working people in development of the country. It was awarded between 7 February 1974 and 31 December 1974. It was disestablished in 1992.
The Majdanek State Museum is a memorial museum and education centre founded in the fall of 1944 on the grounds of the Nazi Germany Majdanek death camp located in Lublin, Poland. It was the first museum of its kind in the world, devoted entirely to the memory of atrocities committed in the network of concentration, slave-labor, and extermination camps and subcamps of KL Lublin during World War II. The museum performs several tasks including scholarly research into the Holocaust in Poland. It houses a permanent collection of rare artifacts, archival photographs, and testimony.
The following events occurred in July 1955:
Maciej Stanisław Rayzacher is a Polish theatre and film actor, writer, voiceover provider, councillor and an activist of the democratic opposition during the times of the communist Polish People's Republic.
Jan Drohojowski (1901–1979) was a Polish diplomat for the governments of the Second Polish Republic and later, Polish government in exile and the People's Republic of Poland.
Małgorzata Barbara Niemczyk-Wolska is a Polish volleyball player, coach, and member of the Sejm.
Marek Pęk is a Polish lawyer and politician.
Halina Kwiatkowska was a Polish actress, educator, and writer. She performed in The Cherry Orchard at the National Stary Theatre in Kraków, and starred in the films Ashes and Diamonds, The Doll, and And Along Come Tourists.
Jerzy Czerwiński is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Senate of Poland representing the constituency of Opole.
The Medal for Warsaw 1939–1945 was a Polish commemorative medal awarded by the Polish People's Republic to commemorate active participation in defending Warsaw in 1939, 1944 Warsaw Uprising, and in liberation of Warsaw from Nazi Germany in January 1945.
The Medal for Oder, Neisse and Baltic was a Polish commemorative medal awarded by the Polish People's Republic to commemorate those who directly participated in combat against the Nazi Germany for the liberation of Poland and the restoration of its old boundaries on the rivers the Oder, the Neisse and the coast of Baltic Sea.
A state of emergency was declared in Poland by President Andrzej Duda on 2 September 2021.
