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Jadwiga ; canonized June 8, 1997; feast day February 28) was the queen of Poland (1384–99) whose marriage to Jogaila, grand duke of Lithuania (Władysław II Jagiełło of Poland), founded the centuries-long union of Lithuania and Poland.
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Crowned king [sic] of Poland (October 15, 1384) in the cathedral on Wawel Hill, Cracow; refounded Cracow University; beatified by Pope John Paul II during his visit to Poland (1979). Jadwiga died a queen, venerated as a saint, in July 1399, at the age of 25 years. As a queen, she is acknowledged to have been "one of Poland's great rulers."
Aug 18, 2016 · Phrases like “Polish death camps” and “Polish concentration camps” will be punished by the law, which is expected to pass in the Polish parliament soon, and be implemented later this year ...
The following is a list of subcamps of the Majdanek concentration camp run by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II. The list, supplied by the Majdanek State Museum, [1] identifies two German categories of the KL Lublin/Majdanek subcamps; the Arbeitzlagers, and the so-called Kommandos. The satellite camps were named Aussenlager ...
The Majdanek concentration and extermination camp was located near Lubllin, Poland and was established in July 1941. The camp's first inmates were 5,000 Soviet prisoners of war who were killed by ...
Dec 15, 2009 · Auschwitz, also known as Auschwitz-Birkenau, opened in 1940 and was the largest of the Nazi concentration and death camps. Located in southern Poland, Auschwitz initially served as a...
Jadwiga, Poland's Great Queen (New York: 1931); Monica M. Gardner, Queen Jadwiga of Poland (London: 1934). The most recent study is the posthumous work by Oscar Halecki, Jadwiga of Anjou and the Rise of East Central Europe, edited with a Foreword by Thaddeus V. Gromada, (Highland Lakes, New Jersey: 1991); for an
