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Did you know
... that
Jan Matejko
's painting
Rejtan
(fragment pictured)
caused a scandal, won a gold medal in
Paris
, was purchased by Emperor
Franz Joseph I
, and
looted by Nazis
?
... that Polish jurist and activist
Józef Wybicki
wrote the
national anthem of Poland
while serving in the
Polish Legions in Italy
?
... that
Anna Poray
retold life-stories of
thousands of rescuers
including those who died in punishment for trying to save Jews during
the Holocaust in Poland
?
... that
Józef Piłsudski's cult of personality
succeeded in making him one of the most popular figures in
Polish history
?
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