Podcasts about silesian

Are you a proud descendant of Polish immigrants or a fan of languages and dialects? A new Silesian-Texan dictionary, now available for purchase online and from the C Street Gift Shop in Floresville, may be just the thing for you! Sally Sekula Schaefer has compiled Naszo Mowa we Texajsie Slonsko-Texonski Dykcjonorz — Our Mother Tongue in Texas, Dictionary of Texas Silesian, presenting the Silesian language — brought here by immigrants from Silesia who began arriving in the 1850s — as spoken in South Texas. Many descendants of those early settlers still speak the language at home. Silesia is a distinct...Article Link

The Polish Heritage Center is honored and delighted to host AllDete for the annual White & Red Gala on Saturday, March 1, from 5:30-9 p.m., at Panna Maria Hall, 13912 N. F.M. 81 in Panna Maria. AllDete is from Poland in the Silesian Voivodeship, sharing a deep cultural connection with the Silesian migration to Texas beginning in the 1850s. The center is excited to draw these cultural and historical connections with AllDete, bridging Polish and American traditions and heritage. Join the center for a wonderful evening full of delicious food including Pierogis from Apolonia Catering, cocktails, laughs, great company, and...Article Link

Tune in for an indepth analysis of the thought process behing winning the Silesian Teams Cup - a 29 team 6-man event in Poland from a week ago. Tomek interviews a member of the Polish WTC team and the man responsible for nigh perfect pairing process in the Silesian cup - Vladdi. We take a look at the army composition and go through Team Scuffaloes' pairing matrix to understand how the brains of the world's top team players' brain work. Lists: https://tourneykeeper.net/team/teamleaderboard/7301 The scores and matchups are not available due to a Tourneykeeper issue but are not that important for this video... SUPPORT US and join our community discord: https://www.patreon.com/ContactLostPodcast We're also on Facebook and Instagram! https://www.facebook.com/ContactLostPodcast https://www.instagram.com/contactlostpodcast/ Thanks to everyone supporting us thus far and our amazing sponsors: The Army Painter Weyland-Yutani Make sure to visit Weyland-Yutani for your mat & terrain needs via this link: https://www.weyland-yutani-inc.com/discount/ContactLost5 and use the discount code ContactLost5. #warhammer40k #40k #competetive40k #warhammer40000 #warhammercommunity #warhammer

Host Jo Reed and AudioFile's Kendra Winchester discuss this new horror story from Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk. Natasha Soudek performs this story of a young Polish man suffering from tuberculosis who arrives at a health resort in the Silesian mountains in 1913. There he meets other men with similar conditions, each of whom is sure the mountain air will cure him. But when they learn about all the men who have gone missing from the resort, they fear they will meet the same mysterious fate. Soudek uses her skill to advance the suspense of the sinister happenings. Read our review of the audiobook at our website. Published by Penguin Audio Discover thousands of audiobook reviews and more at AudioFile's website.      Support for our podcast comes from Dreamscape, an award-winning audiobook publisher with a catalog that includes authors L.J. Shen, Freida McFadden, and Annie Ernaux. For more information, visit dreamscapepublishing.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“In Fire Forged” is the fifth anthology in the Honorverse, containing three short stories and another technical writing. We see the return of two favorite co-authors: Jane Lindskold bringing us the short story “Ruthless” and Timothy Zahn who hits us hard with his short story “An Act of War”. David Weber brings us the third short story entitled “Let's Dance”, which is really a novella disguised as a short story. Then he brings us home with the technical essay “An Introduction to Modern Starship Armor Design”, brought to us through the character Hegel DiLutorio, a retired officer in the Royal Manticoran Navy.This 311-page collection was first published by Baen in February 2011.The first story is Ruthless by Jane Lindskold.Jane brings us back to the story of Judith, a Masadan refugee rescued by Michael Winton when he was a midshipman. We promised you'd see more of Judith in the future, and here the promise is delivered. Time has passed, Michael is now a young commissioned officer in the RMN, he and Judith are married and have a young daughter named Ruth. There's a plot afoot by George and Alice Ramsbottom, staunch Manticoran isolationists who object to the alliance Manticore formed with Grayson. In an attempt to disrupt this new alliance, they kidnap Ruth with the intent to return her to her Masadan father. They hope that Grayson will question their decision to enter an alliance with Manticore based on an assumption that if Manticore can't even protect one child, they're not a Star Kingdom worth allying with for broader and more significant defense issues. As a bonus, if Michael will act rashly, this may also embarrass the Star Kingdom's reputation broadly. The events in this story take place in 1889 PD, two to three years after the events captured in Jane Lindskold's short story “Promised Land”.Your hosts all gave this one a “thumbs-up”.Next we discussed Timothy Zahn's short story An Act of War. This story takes place around the time as Honor escapes from Hades (approximately 1914 PD). We saw those events in the novel “Ashes of Victory”. When Honor's escape becomes known, this story gives us a glimpse into an arms dealer named Charles who at the same time was trying to sell cloaking technology to Haven. Events unfold when Oscar St. Just is convinced to install this equipment on a ship and for that ship to be used in an unorthodox manner to hopefully fuel a war between Manticore and the Andermani Empire. This would be a good thing from the Havenite perspective. Risky deeds are attempted and things get pretty tense, pretty fast!This one received three “thumbs-up” from your hosts as well!The third story is Let's Dance, written by David Weber. As mentioned, this is more of a novella than a short story. It takes us back to Commander Honor Harrington's first hyper-capable command as she captains the destroyer HMS Hawking (sometime prior to 1900 PD). We see events related to the Manticoran efforts to normalize relationships with Silesia, which have been somewhat tense. She's conducting anti-piracy operations in Silesian territory, intervenes and captures a vessel conducting piracy and in a good-faith gesture, turns the ship and crew over to the local Silesian system governor. A short time later she learns two unsavory things. First, the ship and crew she handed to the Silesians has mysteriously disappeared. Honor has no doubt they were released rather than prosecuted. Second, she learns about a significant Mesan (Manpower, Inc.) slave-trading station through an interesting and unproven source. That source quickly builds credibility by revealing a knowledge of Honor's Beowulfian family and a shared hatred of the slave trade. He quietly discloses he's also a member of the Audubon Ballroom,

On April 21, the Father Leopold Moczygemba Foundation once again held its annual gala, which began with Mass at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Martinez. The main celebrant was Monsignor Franciszek “Father Frank” Kurzaj, the foundation's founder and President Emeritus, along with the current Spiritual Guidance Director, Rev. Kris Bytomski. During the Mass, Father Kurzaj read the surnames of the Silesian families who settled in South Texas in the 1850s. Those present prayed for their ancestors and their descendants. Silesia is a region in Europe, now located in parts of Poland, from which many 19th-century immigrants left to begin a...Article Link

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The Father Leopold Moczygemba Foundation invites entries for its Silesian- Polish Texans essay contest, which awards up to four [post_excerpt],000 scholarships for the winning essay(s). The deadline to enter is Tuesday, April 30. The scholarship contest is open to Texas students of any ethnicity, any faith, in the 12th grade. The essay topic is “Portrayal of a Silesian-Polish Texan.” An interview of a senior Silesian Texan, in person or by phone, is required. Essays must be between 400 and 700 words. For essay contest information and how to enter, visit https://flmfoundation.org/ scholarships/.Article Link

Silesian photographer and Prix pictet shortlisted artist Michal Luczak's latest series 'Extraction' explores the mining industry and the consequences of resource extraction on humans and its environment. In this episode, Luczak shares the story behind his black and white series featured in the Prix Pictet 'Human' exhibition, delving into the ethical dimension of mining in his native land, using art as a mean of social commentary.  

Here we are, already discussing the fourth Honorverse anthology entitled The Service of the Sword. This collection of six short stories written by six authors was originally published in April 2003 by Baen. While we'll call them “short” stories, two of them are novella-length (or arguably longer), so if you haven't read this collection yet, be aware that a couple of these stories are lengthy. The book is long, and since we're talking about six stories, this summary is longer than usual too.The first story in this anthology is Promised Land by Jane Lindskold, an author we're already familiar with. This key story within the Honorverse introduces us to the Grayson character trapped on Masada named Judith. Along with several other ladies, she's a part of a separatist group seeking to escape their oppressive culture. As they execute their plan they come into contact with Michael Winton, Crown Prince and Midshipman, on his “Snotty” cruise onboard the HMS Intransigent. The ship is on an official visit to Masada and takes place back when Manticore was weighing the pros and cons to an alliance with either Grayson or Masada. The events in this story helped inform Manticore's decision, especially as Michael, and the crew he's a member of, ultimately come to the aid of Judith and her friends. The story's important because we'll see more of Judith in the future.Your hosts all gave this one a “thumbs-up”.Next came the story With One Stone by Timothy Zahn. We join our favorite heroine Honor Harrington, now a captain in the RMN, and the captain of the Heavy Cruiser HMS Fearless very shortly after the events in On Basilisk Station. The story returns us to her work to address the problem of apparent piracy as ships are being attached in Silesian space. Another old “friend,” Sonja Hemphill is also involved in the effort since it seems some sort of advanced weapon is being used in these attacks. Due to apparent similarities to Hemphill's past project called a “grav lance,” she and the Office of Naval Intelligence are also involved. We watch events unfold that ultimately expose the real power behind the attacks with this new weapon: the People's Republic of Haven. We also get to see a young Rafe Cardones continue his early growth as a Naval officer as he's detailed away from Honor's crew and onto another vessel conducting intelligence operations related to the same problem.This one received three more “thumbs-up” from your hosts!The third story is A Ship Named Francis, written by John Ringo and Victor Mitchell. Our authors took a very different approach to the Honorverse in that it was essentially an outlandish story that brought a bit of comic relief to what has really been what we'll call serious story telling so far. In this short story, we follow the adventures of a medic (Sick Bay Attendant) Sean Tyler and see the adventures onboard the Grayson Space Navy's Heavy Cruiser, Francis Mueller. Nothing is quite right about this crew. Antics and follies occur as we're introduced to a whole host of unbelievable and larger than life characters who do their best to do everything badly. You may or may not be amused, but regardless you'll go on an adventure with this story!Your hosts represented all the possible votes on this one, with a thumbs up, a neutral vote and a thumbs down. (Be sure to let us know what you think after you read it.)The next story was Let's Go to Prague, by John Ringo. This one is a solo effort by Mr. Ringo, who co-authored the previous story. While this one has comedic moments and whit, with some similarities in the writing style and “feel”, this is truly its own story and not just more zany adventures in the spirit of the last one. Here we join two Manticoran...

An online seminar by Professor Leszek Drong (University of Silesia) organised by the School of English, recorded January 26, 2023. “Partition narratives and regions of memory” will focus on Upper Silesia (a historical region in the south of Poland) and its history articulated in regional memory, which often stands in sharp contrast to national historical narratives taught in Polish schools. The point of this presentation is to tease out those aspects of collective memory that address unique concerns of the so-called ‘autochthons', the native borderland population of Upper Silesia. A selection of contemporary Silesian writings (in English translation) will be scrutinized for memory traces of the partition that divided Upper Silesia in 1922 and then, in the course of the 20th century, was succeeded by other borders and boundaries in the region. The presentation will be chaired by Professor Eve Patten, Director, Trinity Long Room Hub. Leszek Drong is Professor of Humanities in the Institute of Literary Studies at the University of Silesia in Katowice. He is also Associate Dean for Research in the Faculty of Humanities as well as vice-president of the Polish Association for Irish Studies. Currently, until the end of February 2023, he is a visiting research fellow in the School of English, Trinity College Dublin. His most recent book was published in 2019: Tropy konfliktu. Retoryka pamięci kulturowej we współczesnej powieści północnoirlandzkiej [Troping the Troubles: The Rhetoric of Cultural Memory in Recent Novels from Northern Ireland]. He has also published in Orbis Litterarum, Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction and Estudios Irlandeses. His primary research interest is in the intersection of Irish studies, cultural memory studies and border studies. His current project, “Remembering Partitions and Repartitioning Memories in Contemporary Narratives from Northern Ireland and Upper Silesia,” explores parallels between the two regional remembrance cultures.

One of my favorite bakers (and favorite people) is Nicole Rucker, owner of Fat & Flour in the Grand Central Market here in L.A., and the very first guest on my very first podcast, Lunch Therapy. In today's episode of "You've Got to Taste This," Nicole sends me a recipe for Silesian Heaven crispy pierogis from "Pierogi" by Zuza Zak. These pierogis are stuffed with dried fruit and well-seasoned pork, boiled, and then fried in butter with sesame seeds. Spoiler alert: they were out of this world! They were also a huge hit at Nicole's Cookbook Club, which is why she was inspired to send the recipe my way. In today's chat we talk all about her cookbook club and also cover the food she cooks at home, healing from a burn, why she's done putting miso into sweet desserts, and her hacks for banana bread. Get the recipe for these pierogis on amateurgourmet.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us for the complicated and rarely discussed, (in the west of course) but fan requested, Silesian Uprisings!Sources:Jurado, Carlos Caballero, and Ramiro Bujeiro. The German Freikorps: 1918-23. Osprey, 2008. Liulevicius, Vejas Gabriel. History of Eastern Europe: A Captivating Guide to a Shortened History of Russia, Ukraine, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Moldova, Belarus, and Romania. Captivating History, 2021. Michener, James A. Poland. 1990. “Silesian Uprisings.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., https://www.britannica.com/event/Silesian-Uprisings. Weitz, Eric D. Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy. Princeton University Press, 2018.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In this episode Paul interviews author David Ebsworth (aka Dave McCall) about his new book ‘The House on Hunter Street' set in Liverpool in 1911. For more information about Dave and his previous books go to www.davidebsworth.com Paul also talks to Monika Evans about her love for ‘The Master and Magarita' by Mikhail Bulgakov and the challenges and surprises (Robert Burns in Silesian!) of literature in translation. Dave also speaks from about having his novel ‘Until the Curtain Falls' translated into Spanish. You can go and check out Monika's excellent work as a singer songwriter here https://soundcloud.com/monikaevans-music Gwyn, Lara and Paul catch up after the long summer and check in on their current reading. Here is a link to Bloody Scotland and click here if you want to find out more about Shelterbox Book Club and Adventurous Ink Here are some of the other books we talked about: Alexandre Dumas – The Count of Monte Cristo Charlotte Belton – Putin's People Janina Ramirez - Femina Elise Downing - Coasting Arthur C. Clarke – Cradle John Woolf – The Wonders, lifting the curtain on the freak show, circus and the Victorian age Dan Jones – Hollow Crown Graham Swift – Waterland Nyuyen Phan Que Mai – The Mountains Sing Cixin Liu – The Three Body Problem Andri Snaer Magnason - Lovestar Tove Jansson – The True Deceiver Stieg Larsson – The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo Victor Hugo – Les Miserables Marjane Satrapi - Persepolis Nora Krug - Heimat

Menachem Kaiser's book Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure (Mariner Books, 2021) is set in motion when the author takes up his Holocaust-survivor grandfather's former battle to reclaim the family's apartment building in Sosnowiec, Poland. Soon, he is on a circuitous path to encounters with the long-time residents of the building, and with a Polish lawyer known as "The Killer." A surprise discovery--that his grandfather's cousin not only survived the war, but wrote a secret memoir while a slave laborer in a vast, secret Nazi tunnel complex--leads to Kaiser being adopted as a virtual celebrity by a band of Silesian treasure seekers who revere the memoir as the indispensable guidebook to Nazi plunder. Propelled by rich original research, Kaiser immerses readers in profound questions that reach far beyond his personal quest. What does it mean to seize your own legacy? Can reclaimed property repair rifts among the living? Plunder is both a deeply immersive adventure story and an irreverent, daring interrogation of inheritance--material, spiritual, familial, and emotional. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Menachem Kaiser's book Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure (Mariner Books, 2021) is set in motion when the author takes up his Holocaust-survivor grandfather's former battle to reclaim the family's apartment building in Sosnowiec, Poland. Soon, he is on a circuitous path to encounters with the long-time residents of the building, and with a Polish lawyer known as "The Killer." A surprise discovery--that his grandfather's cousin not only survived the war, but wrote a secret memoir while a slave laborer in a vast, secret Nazi tunnel complex--leads to Kaiser being adopted as a virtual celebrity by a band of Silesian treasure seekers who revere the memoir as the indispensable guidebook to Nazi plunder. Propelled by rich original research, Kaiser immerses readers in profound questions that reach far beyond his personal quest. What does it mean to seize your own legacy? Can reclaimed property repair rifts among the living? Plunder is both a deeply immersive adventure story and an irreverent, daring interrogation of inheritance--material, spiritual, familial, and emotional. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Menachem Kaiser's book Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure (Mariner Books, 2021) is set in motion when the author takes up his Holocaust-survivor grandfather's former battle to reclaim the family's apartment building in Sosnowiec, Poland. Soon, he is on a circuitous path to encounters with the long-time residents of the building, and with a Polish lawyer known as "The Killer." A surprise discovery--that his grandfather's cousin not only survived the war, but wrote a secret memoir while a slave laborer in a vast, secret Nazi tunnel complex--leads to Kaiser being adopted as a virtual celebrity by a band of Silesian treasure seekers who revere the memoir as the indispensable guidebook to Nazi plunder. Propelled by rich original research, Kaiser immerses readers in profound questions that reach far beyond his personal quest. What does it mean to seize your own legacy? Can reclaimed property repair rifts among the living? Plunder is both a deeply immersive adventure story and an irreverent, daring interrogation of inheritance--material, spiritual, familial, and emotional. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/german-studies

Menachem Kaiser's book Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure (Mariner Books, 2021) is set in motion when the author takes up his Holocaust-survivor grandfather's former battle to reclaim the family's apartment building in Sosnowiec, Poland. Soon, he is on a circuitous path to encounters with the long-time residents of the building, and with a Polish lawyer known as "The Killer." A surprise discovery--that his grandfather's cousin not only survived the war, but wrote a secret memoir while a slave laborer in a vast, secret Nazi tunnel complex--leads to Kaiser being adopted as a virtual celebrity by a band of Silesian treasure seekers who revere the memoir as the indispensable guidebook to Nazi plunder. Propelled by rich original research, Kaiser immerses readers in profound questions that reach far beyond his personal quest. What does it mean to seize your own legacy? Can reclaimed property repair rifts among the living? Plunder is both a deeply immersive adventure story and an irreverent, daring interrogation of inheritance--material, spiritual, familial, and emotional. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/jewish-studies

Menachem Kaiser's book Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure (Mariner Books, 2021) is set in motion when the author takes up his Holocaust-survivor grandfather's former battle to reclaim the family's apartment building in Sosnowiec, Poland. Soon, he is on a circuitous path to encounters with the long-time residents of the building, and with a Polish lawyer known as "The Killer." A surprise discovery--that his grandfather's cousin not only survived the war, but wrote a secret memoir while a slave laborer in a vast, secret Nazi tunnel complex--leads to Kaiser being adopted as a virtual celebrity by a band of Silesian treasure seekers who revere the memoir as the indispensable guidebook to Nazi plunder. Propelled by rich original research, Kaiser immerses readers in profound questions that reach far beyond his personal quest. What does it mean to seize your own legacy? Can reclaimed property repair rifts among the living? Plunder is both a deeply immersive adventure story and an irreverent, daring interrogation of inheritance--material, spiritual, familial, and emotional. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/genocide-studies

Menachem Kaiser's book Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure (Mariner Books, 2021) is set in motion when the author takes up his Holocaust-survivor grandfather's former battle to reclaim the family's apartment building in Sosnowiec, Poland. Soon, he is on a circuitous path to encounters with the long-time residents of the building, and with a Polish lawyer known as "The Killer." A surprise discovery--that his grandfather's cousin not only survived the war, but wrote a secret memoir while a slave laborer in a vast, secret Nazi tunnel complex--leads to Kaiser being adopted as a virtual celebrity by a band of Silesian treasure seekers who revere the memoir as the indispensable guidebook to Nazi plunder. Propelled by rich original research, Kaiser immerses readers in profound questions that reach far beyond his personal quest. What does it mean to seize your own legacy? Can reclaimed property repair rifts among the living? Plunder is both a deeply immersive adventure story and an irreverent, daring interrogation of inheritance--material, spiritual, familial, and emotional. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/eastern-european-studies

Menachem Kaiser's book Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure (Mariner Books, 2021) is set in motion when the author takes up his Holocaust-survivor grandfather's former battle to reclaim the family's apartment building in Sosnowiec, Poland. Soon, he is on a circuitous path to encounters with the long-time residents of the building, and with a Polish lawyer known as "The Killer." A surprise discovery--that his grandfather's cousin not only survived the war, but wrote a secret memoir while a slave laborer in a vast, secret Nazi tunnel complex--leads to Kaiser being adopted as a virtual celebrity by a band of Silesian treasure seekers who revere the memoir as the indispensable guidebook to Nazi plunder. Propelled by rich original research, Kaiser immerses readers in profound questions that reach far beyond his personal quest. What does it mean to seize your own legacy? Can reclaimed property repair rifts among the living? Plunder is both a deeply immersive adventure story and an irreverent, daring interrogation of inheritance--material, spiritual, familial, and emotional. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law

Menachem Kaiser's book Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure (Mariner Books, 2021) is set in motion when the author takes up his Holocaust-survivor grandfather's former battle to reclaim the family's apartment building in Sosnowiec, Poland. Soon, he is on a circuitous path to encounters with the long-time residents of the building, and with a Polish lawyer known as "The Killer." A surprise discovery--that his grandfather's cousin not only survived the war, but wrote a secret memoir while a slave laborer in a vast, secret Nazi tunnel complex--leads to Kaiser being adopted as a virtual celebrity by a band of Silesian treasure seekers who revere the memoir as the indispensable guidebook to Nazi plunder. Propelled by rich original research, Kaiser immerses readers in profound questions that reach far beyond his personal quest. What does it mean to seize your own legacy? Can reclaimed property repair rifts among the living? Plunder is both a deeply immersive adventure story and an irreverent, daring interrogation of inheritance--material, spiritual, familial, and emotional. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The rise of Vladimír Coufal. Vladimír Coufal is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club West Ham United and the Czech Republic national team. He has previously played for Bílovec, Hlučín, Opava, Slovan Liberec and Slavia Prague. West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club that plays its home matches in Stratford, East London that competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club plays at the London Stadium, having moved from their former home, the Boleyn Ground, in 2016. FC Baník Ostrava is a football club from the Silesian part of the city of Ostrava, Czech Republic. Founded in 1922 as SK Slezská Ostrava, Baník has won numerous national and international trophies.

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To download the transcript CLICK HERE Today I am chatting with Polish Head Sommelier Adam Michocki who currently works at Michelin star restaurant Shaun Rankin at Grantley Hall, but has also worked at The Glasshouse and The man behind the curtain. He has set up Central Wines where he is importing into the UK, Polish Wines, and today we look at the white varieties, the wine regions, and the climate, along with some food pairings and the tasting of a very delicious white wine. If you want to skip ahead: 3.11: Chat with Adam 4.24: How Adam got into wine coming from a country that didn't drink wine, and his wine studies and experience 7.19: Taking part and winning the Best Polish Young Sommelier competition 11.00: What makes a good or bad Sommelier? 12.32: How it was to set up Central Wines and import polish wine 14.21: Talking about the Silesian winery and tasting their Cuvee 2019 £18.90 Central Wines 18.04: The white grape varieties of Poland 23.55: Food pairings 28.46: The different wine regions of Poland 31.01: Recommended wineries close to Krakow 33.00: Recommeded wineries close to Wrocław 33.40: The temperature and climate in Poland 34.59: Warren Winiarski - a winemaker with Polish heritage to know about Fancy watching some videos on my youtube channel: Eat Sleep Wine Repeat Or come say hi at www.eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk Or contact me on Instagram @eatsleep_winerepeat or on email: janina@eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk Until next time, Cheers to you!

One game that had it all, one we couldn't get to, a Silesian detour, the best derby in Czech football, checking in with Shirley's son, the Cult of Messi, a quiz, Tony Hibbert's French adventure, some dreadful pop-punk, Christmas stout and more! 0.00 - opening 1.50 - Zbrojovka vs. Chrudim 14.55 - Quiz Time! 19.25 - Hot? Or Not?! 33.00 - Beer of the Podcast 37.10 - Opava vs. Zbrojovka 46.30 - So What's the Deal With... Opava? 54.20 - Mid-Season Roundup 1.08.55 - outro

The descendants of Marcian and Mary Pollok have carefully preserved a secret recipe that has been in the family for more than 150 years. Alex Pollok, Patsy (Pollok) Bordovsky, and Leslie Ray Pollok Jr. are the fourth-generation owners and operators of Pollok's Meat Co. & Deli in Falls City. The family will celebrate the 100th anniversary of their business in November. The Pollok family attributes much of their long-standing success to the Polish sausage or “Polska kielbasa” recipe their great-grandparents passed down to them. The beginning of an era In 1854, Marcian and Mary moved from the upper Silesian side...Article Link

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 237, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The 21St Century 1: In 2005 Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once this country's richest man, got 9 years in jail for fraud and tax evasion. Russia. 2: In May 2001 Gerald Ford stopped into this president's library to pick up its Profiles in Courage Award. John F. Kennedy. 3: This 125-year-old women's magazine was briefly recast as "Rosie". McCall's. 4: A 2003 judgment said keeping 2 women from marrying each other violated this state's constitution. Massachusetts. 5: In July 2001 a cargo plane brought the salvaged parts of a U.S. spy plane back to the U.S. from this country. China. Round 2. Category: A Walk In The Park 1: This London park was named for the position held by the future King George IV. Regent's Park. 2: In 1989 George Bush had the DEA buy drugs in a park across from this building to show on TV. The White House. 3: The Bridge of Perfect Wisdom is a landmark of Beihai Park in this world capital. Beijing. 4: You can follow streets named for King George V and King David to Independence Park in this city. Jerusalem. 5: A giant ferris wheel graces this city's Prater, opened to the public by Joseph II in 1766. Vienna. Round 3. Category: Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow 1: Flat snow crystals generally have this many sides or arms. six. 2: The National Weather Service defines this as snowy winds of 35 mph with 1/4 mile visibility lasting for 3 hours. a blizzard. 3: Buffalo, New York is familiar with the snowstorm-causing effect named for this type of body of water. a lake effect. 4: When air becomes "super" this adjective, relative humidity is above 100% and snow can form. supersaturated. 5: Poli'ahu, the goddess of snow, lives on this highest Hawaiian mountain. Mauna Kea. Round 4. Category: European Languages 1: Dialects in the High form of this European language include Thuringian, Silesian and Franconian. German. 2: Modern dialects of this language include Gronings, West-Vlaams and Brabants. Dutch. 3: Although Spanish is widely spoken in Gibraltar, this language is used for schools and for official purposes. English. 4: Nynorsk, an official language of this country, was created by Ivar Aasen in the mid-19th century. Norway. 5: It's also called Ruthenian, and you'll hear it spoken in Odessa and Sevastopol. Ukrainian. Round 5. Category: Ice Cream 1: When setting up an ice cream maker, use table salt or this type which dissolves more slowly. rock salt. 2: French for "in the fashion", it's the way to get ice cream with your dessert. à la mode. 3: In January of 2011, pecans fruit and chocolaty bits in vanilla soft serve was this brand's "Blizzard of the Month". Dairy Queen. 4: Harry Burt started this co. whose 1st white truck used a set of bells from the family bobsled. Good Humor. 5: Reuben Mattus created this ice cream brand, whose name was meant to invoke an Old World aura. Häagen-Dazs. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

Readers of The First News might have seen a recent article on the revival of this Silesian city in the south of Poland. But while this gem of a city has undergone a groundbreakingly modern revitalisation, is the city also going through an identity crisis? Host John Beauchamp speaks to Dr Irma Kozina, an urban activist as well as art and architecture historian now at Katowice's Academy of Fine Art.  In this week's review: Masks should still be worn indoors - Health minister Polish man held on charges of espionage for Russia EC calls on Poland to correct air pollution laws Poland's Monetary Policy Council leaves all interest rates unchanged Is there anything you want to hear or read about? Why not drop me a line? You can get in touch with the show by writing to podcasts@thefirstnews.com, and please remember to share, like and subscribe to The Debrief!

From a gifted young writer, the story of his quest to reclaim his family’s apartment building in Poland—and of the astonishing entanglement with Nazi treasure hunters that follows. Menachem Kaiser’s brilliantly told story, woven from improbable events and profound revelations, is set in motion when the author takes up his Holocaust-survivor grandfather’s former battle to reclaim the family’s apartment building in Sosnowiec, Poland. Soon, he is on a circuitous path to encounters with the long-time residents of the building, and with a Polish lawyer known as “The Killer.”  A surprise discovery—that his grandfather’s cousin not only survived the war, but wrote a secret memoir while a slave laborer in a vast, secret Nazi tunnel complex—leads to Kaiser being adopted as a virtual celebrity by a band of Silesian treasure seekers who revere the memoir as the indispensable guidebook to Nazi plunder. Propelled by rich original research, Kaiser immerses readers in profound questions that reach far beyond his personal quest. What does it mean to seize your own legacy? Can reclaimed property repair rifts among the living? Plunder is both a deeply immersive adventure story and an irreverent, daring interrogation of inheritance—material, spiritual, familial, and emotional. HOST:  Rob MellonFEATURED BREW:  She'Brew RBG Milkshake IPA, Shmaltz Brewing Company, Troy, New YorkBOOK:  Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasurehttps://www.amazon.com/Plunder-Memoir-Family-Property-Treasure/dp/132850803XMUSIC:  Bones Forkhttps://bonesfork.com/

4/08/2021 Interview with author Menachem Kaiser to discuss his book, Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure. Menachem Kaiser's brilliantly told story, woven from improbable events and profound revelations, is set in motion when the author takes up his Holocaust-survivor grandfather's former battle to reclaim the family's apartment building in Sosnowiec, Poland. Soon, he is on a circuitous path to encounters with the long-time residents of the building, and with a Polish lawyer known as “The Killer.” A surprise discovery—that his grandfather's cousin not only survived the war, but wrote a secret memoir while a slave laborer in a vast, secret Nazi tunnel complex—leads to Kaiser being adopted as a virtual celebrity by a band of Silesian treasure seekers who revere the memoir as the indispensable guidebook to Nazi plunder. Propelled by rich original research, Kaiser immerses readers in profound questions that reach far beyond his personal quest. What does it mean to seize your own legacy? Can reclaimed property repair rifts among the living? Plunder is both a deeply immersive adventure story and an irreverent, daring interrogation of inheritance—material, spiritual, familial, and emotional.

4/08/2021 Interview with author Menachem Kaiser to discuss his book, Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure. Menachem Kaiser's brilliantly told story, woven from improbable events and profound revelations, is set in motion when the author takes up his Holocaust-survivor grandfather's former battle to reclaim the family's apartment building in Sosnowiec, Poland. Soon, he is on a circuitous path to encounters with the long-time residents of the building, and with a Polish lawyer known as “The Killer.” A surprise discovery—that his grandfather's cousin not only survived the war, but wrote a secret memoir while a slave laborer in a vast, secret Nazi tunnel complex—leads to Kaiser being adopted as a virtual celebrity by a band of Silesian treasure seekers who revere the memoir as the indispensable guidebook to Nazi plunder. Propelled by rich original research, Kaiser immerses readers in profound questions that reach far beyond his personal quest. What does it mean to seize your own legacy? Can reclaimed property repair rifts among the living? Plunder is both a deeply immersive adventure story and an irreverent, daring interrogation of inheritance—material, spiritual, familial, and emotional.

Today's guest recently went on a quest to reclaim his family’s property in Poland and found himself entangled with Nazi treasure hunters. He is Menachem Kaiser, author of "Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure."Kaiser’s story is set in motion when the author takes up his Holocaust-survivor grandfather’s former battle to reclaim the family’s apartment building in Sosnowiec, Poland. Soon, he is on a circuitous path to encounters with the long-time residents of the building, and with a Polish lawyer known as “The Killer.” A surprise discovery—that his grandfather’s cousin not only survived the war, but wrote a secret memoir while a slave laborer in a vast, secret Nazi tunnel complex—leads to Kaiser being adopted as a virtual celebrity by a band of Silesian treasure seekers who revere the memoir as the indispensable guidebook to Nazi plunder. In our discussion, we get into questions that reach far beyond Kaiser's personal quest. What does it mean to seize your own legacy? Can reclaimed property repair rifts among the living?

On HYMNUS, the world-renowned Jitro Czech Girls Choir under the direction of Jiří Skopal once again delivers refined, dazzling interpretations of the music that is so much a part of Czech culture. The album, which is the Choir’s third release on Navona Records, includes 24 selections that range from Moravian and Silesian folk songs on which the Choir interprets the subtle call and response between bucolic lovers, to a series of compositions inspired by Latin proverbs on which intricate, multidimensional vocals underscore the significance of a simple word or phrase. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p1190/HYMNUS.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans #CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain #ClassicalMusicLivesOn #Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you! http://www.classicalsavings.com/donate.html staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com

This episode is in Silesian dialect. I tried hard but I'm really not used to writing and recording this and it might sound a little unnatural. Also the transcript is not a transcript this week. It's more like my notes. Enjoy listening! :)You can find a full transcript of this episode on my blog: https://wp.me/p4D8ou-1ePIf you like my podcast, please support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ioannesoculusMy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ioannesoculus/In the podcast, I used "Sing Swing Bada Bing" Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions; source: https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music (attribution not required)

First Jill and Connor stop at the 3RD SALESIAN WAR. Then it’s off to the theater! The THEATER OF WAR! And do you spell your theatre with an “e” at the end? WHY!? We find out in ENGLISH/AMERICAN SPELLING DIFFERENCES. And speaking of language have you read SHAKESPEARE!? Well you will now. And was he gay? Perhaps! Let’s get to the bottom of it with THE SEXUALITY OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE! Quite possibly our most literary episode! ---------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Jill Weiner on IG and Twitter @jill_lives www.jilllives.com Venmo @jill-weiner-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Connor Creagan on IG and Twitter @connorcreagan www.connorcreagan.info Venmo @connor-creagan -------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow WikiFreakz IG and Twitter @wikifreakzz

Gregor Johann Mendel was a scientist, Augustinian friar and abbot of St. Thomas' Abbey in Brno, Margraviate of Moravia. Mendel was born in a German-speaking family in the Silesian part of the Austrian Empire and gained posthumous recognition as the founder of the modern science of genetics.

To będzie historia rodziny Mazurków, ich wielkiej pasji i ogromu pracy, historia miejsca, w które tchnęli nowe życie. Odwiedziliśmy ich Bagieniec – małą wieś na Dolnym Śląsku, niedaleko Wrocławia, a jeszcze bliżej Świdnicy. To stary poniemiecki majątek, wielki folwark, w którym mieści się gospodarstwo rolne, ale także winnica. Założona w 2016 roku roku przez Jarka Mazurka, specjalnie dla córek Soni i Marysi. W ten sposób rodzina Mazurków od pokoleń zajmująca się hodowlą koni rasy śląskiej, której członkowie zdobywali wiele nagród w konkursach jeździeckich, otworzyła przed familią zupełnie nowe możliwości. I tak - Mazurek z Bagieńca wybił się na niepodległość. Koniarzowi z pokolenia na pokolenie i rolnikowi zamarzyła się zupełnie inna historia – został winiarzem pełną gębą. Ale od koni się nie odżegnuje. One nadal zajmują ważne miejsce w życiu rodziny. Posłuchajcie ich historii - Violetty, Jarka, Soni i Marysi oraz Esbena, a potem zaplanujcie przyjazd do Bagieńca, zgodnie z hasłem "Wyjedź do winnicy na wakacje"

Jill and Connor kick off this historic episode of Wikifteakz with the FIRST SILESIAN WAR, which apparently was stated for no good reason. After the war they read about the iconic leadership of MARIA THERESA who was a member of the HOUSE OF HABSBURG. The Habsburgs or Hapsburgs were one of the longest ruling dynasties in all of Europe dating back to the 1020s! And how did this iconic house gets its name? From the old Habsburg Castle in Switzerland. The Castle has the most adorable COAT OF ARMS which was displayed at KNIGHTLY TOURNAMENTS. And who was a fantastic knight? Why old WILLIAM MARSHAL! From wars for nothing to mêlées for honor this episode is one for the history books! Follow Jill Weiner on IG and Twitter @jill_lives www.jilllives.com Venmo @jill-weiner-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Connor Creagan on IG and Twitter @connorcreagan www.connorcreagan.info Venmo @connor-creagan -------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow WikiFreakz IG and Twitter @wikifreakzz

“I, Khan, the emissary of the heavenly king, to whom he gave power over the earth to lift up those who subject themselves to me and lay low those who resist, am amazed at you, king of Hungary – that when I will have sent you envoys thirty times, you do not send any of them back to me, and send me neither your messengers nor letters. I know that you are a wealthy and powerful king, that you have many soldiers under you, and alone you rule a great kingdom. And, therefore, it is difficult for you to submit yourself to me voluntarily. However, it would be better and more beneficial if you were to voluntarily submit to me! I have understood, in addition, that you are keeping the Cumans, my slaves, under your protection, for which reason I command you not to keep them with you any longer, and do not have me as your enemy because of them! It is easier for them to escape than you because they, lacking houses and migrating about with tents, might perhaps get away. But you, living in houses, having castles and cities – how will you escape my hands?”   So reads the famous ultimatum sent by Batu, grandson of Chinggis Khan, to Bela IV, King of Hungary. Our previous two episodes have covered the rapid Mongol campaign across the western steppe from 1236-1240, conquering the Volga Bulghars, the Alans, the Cuman-Qipchaqs and the Rus’ principalities. Having just taken Kiev in December 1240, Batu and mighty Subutai cast their eyes to Eastern Europe: Poland, the Hungarian Kingdom and beyond. I’m your host David, and this is Kings and Generals: Ages of Conquests.   The man standing between Europe and the Mongols was Bela IV, King of Hungary, a great power of Europe. The Magyars, as the Hungarians call themselves, came to Europe as nomadic horse archers like the Mongols, conquering the Pannonian Basin -Hungary- in the 8th century and raiding western Europe. At Lechfeld in 955 they were defeated by the Holy Roman Emperor Otto I and some fifty odd years later these pagans officially adopted Christianity with the baptism of Stephen I, first King of Hungary, on Christmas Day 1,000. In the following centuries they abandoned the old ways, but with a still formidable military the Hungarian Kingdom emerged as the lead power between the Holy Roman Empire in Germany and the Rus’ principalities to the east. Controlling not just modern Hungary but large swathes of Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia, the Hungarian monarch controlled a diverse realm, the crossroads between Catholic and Orthodox Christendom.   Bela IV made few friends after his coronation in 1235. Born in 1206, the same year Chinggis Khan declared his Empire in distant Mongolia, Bela had a rocky relationship with his father King Andrew, whose decentralization of the kingdom through rich land rewards to the nobility frustrated Bela. Their tension progressed, Bela essentially making himself an autonomous monarch in Hungary’s Croatian territory. With Bela’s marriage to a Byzantine princess, Andrew urged the Pope to annul the union and forced Bela from the Kingdom. Ultimately he let his son return, making him ruler of Transylvania in the 1220s, where Bela came into regular contact with the Cumans. Cuman presence increased with the eastern upheavals from Mongol expansion, Cuman Khans fleeing to Hungary for asylum and baptism. Bela was drawn to the Cumans as a pillar of support against his father, while also boosting his reputation as a good Christian ruler by encouraging missionary work among them, styling himself King of the Cumans. Bela’s first years as King after 1235 saw the reclamation of crown lands and reduction in privileges of the nobility while expanding the Kingdom. Border territories were taken from Bulgaria and in 1238 Bela’s brother Coloman extended their rule in Bosnia by force. Bela’s efforts made him unpopular among the aristocracy of the kingdom, who felt their rights trampled upon.When a large body of Cumans under Khan Kotjen sought refuge in Hungary in 1239, Bela was only too happy to welcome them. 40,000 skilled mounted archers loyal directly to Bela provided him a massive bodyguard against a possible uprising from the barons of the kingdom, and Bela heaped rewards and rights to them.   Bela was not unaware of the Mongols’ western expansion. One contemporary author, Thomas of Spalato, records that the Hungarians had heard so many rumours of impending Mongol invasions that when news came of their arrival in the 1240s, it was treated as a joke. Bela certainly had up to date information from refugees like Kotjen Khan and Mikhail Vsevolodovich (Vsye-vo-lod-o-vich), Prince of Chernigov, and the Domincian Friar Julian returned with letters from Batu demanding Bela’s submission, preceding a number of Mongol envoys.  Contrary to popular depictions and contemporary accusations, Bela was not a monarch sitting idly on his hands; he had foreknowledge and some measures were enacted. Passes through the Carpathian mountains, the shield dividing the Hungarian plain from the Eurasian steppe, were blocked with wooden barriers and fallen trees, and some fortresses in Transylvania were refortified. The crux of his defense relied on the Cumans; their horse archery and experience in steppe tactics were a mighty aid to the already formidable Hungarian army. Bela was the only monarch in Europe preparing for their arrival. Of course, nothing went to plan. Tensions flared between the Cumans and the kingdom’s sedentary population. The sources speak of anger at Cumans herds allowed to roam through peasants’ fields, distrust at the close proximity of pagans, all encouraged by Hungarian lords eager to undermine Bela’s powerbase, to dire consequence.   On the fall of Kiev on the 6th of December, 1241, Batu and Subutai moved their army west and broke off into columns. The total force for the invasion of Europe is difficult to gauge, estimates of around 50-60,000 troops being common. Intelligence was carefully collected, strengths assessed. Batu was fearful of being outflanked by the enemy, and it was deemed necessary to send a portion of the army into Poland, at that time divided into five duchies- Bela IV’s sister was married to a lead Polish Duke. Despite some modern comments, the whole campaign was no mere raid. Structurally it differed little from the previous years of campaigning and the Mongol belief in world hegemony was well established. At the borders of Hungary and Poland at the start of 1241, Batu anticipated a conquest of both, and likely expected to push into Germany as well.   The army split into two main theaters. One group under Orda and Baidar was to strike Poland, preventing the Polish duchies from aiding the Hungarians. The main army was to conquer Hungary, certainly intending to use its grassland as a forward base for further operations. Batu and Subutai lead the main army, sending three smaller detachments to penetrate various passes along Hungary’s Carparthian frontier, allowing them to surround the enemy.  We’ll deal first with the Polish invasion.    In January 1241 the first Mongol scouts entered Polish territory, followed by Orda’s main force in February, generally estimated around 10-20,000 men. Orda, Batu’s older brother, moved quickly in two main divisions under himself and Chagatai’s son Baidar. The attack on Poland was swift and ferocious: by the 13th of February, Sandomierz, capital of a Polish duchy, was taken. An engagement at Tursko saw the Polish knights get the better in the initial clash, only to be destroyed when the Mongols regrouped and surprised them. From Sandomierz they followed the Vistula River, sending contingents north to harass, pillage and burn, causing confusion as to their movements and hampering the already slow Polish response. On the 18th of March, the army of Boleslaw V, ‘the Chaste,’ Duke of Sandomierz, was destroyed at Chmielnik (Hhe-myel-nik); shortly afterwards, the Mongols sacked the Polish capital, Krakow. Boleslaw V fled to the kingdom of his brother-in-law, Bela IV.   The Polish High Duke at that time was not in Krakow, but in his home duchy of Silesia. Henry II the Pious was the lead member of the fragmented Piast dynasty, duke of Silesia and High Duke of Poland since 1238. His preparations were slow and by the time he readied his army, the Mongols were in Silesia, western Poland.  Henry was supposed to wait for aid from his brother-in-law, King Vaclav I of Bohemia, but found the Mongols approaching too quickly, following the Oder River to the Silesian capital of Wroclaw [Breslau]. On the 9th of April, 1241, Henry’s army met the Mongols under Orda and Baidar at Legnica, better known as Liegnitz or Wahlstatt [German, ‘vahlstaht’], west of Wroclaw.    The Liegnitz battle is not recorded as well as Mohi, and a considerable amount of details were added by later authors. Illustrative of this is the notion that a contingent of Teutonic Knights under their Grand Master Poppo von Osterna were present, and that Qadan or Qaidu led Mongol contingents there. In reality, Poppo von Osterna was not Hochmeister until 1253 and the Teutonic Order provided no troops for the battle- though the Templars provided 500 peasants from their landed estates. Qadan, a son of Ogedai, was not present, as he led an army into Transylvania, and Qaidu, the grandson of Ogedai famed for his conflict with Kublai Khan, was certainly absent, as he was only about 10 years old!   Liegnitz is often presented as the Mongols easily overwhelming the Polish and German forces of Henry II, but the medieval chronicles demonstrate that the Europeans made a good show of themselves. A Polish Fransciscan reported that another Polish friar, Benedict, was told by the Mongols that they were on the point of retreat when Polish resistance collapsed. The 15th century Polish writer Jan Dlugosz describes the Poles holding their own against the Mongols in the first half of the battle. But the Mongols had a trick: a standard bearer waved his banner violently and sent forth a smokescreen, so foul the Poles lost order. Stephen Haw postulates that this poisonous smoke was gunpowder, or perhaps firelances. For the Poles who had never encountered such devices, it was overwhelming. Polish order collapsed and they were overrun. Nine sacks of ears were said to have been filled, and Duke Henry was decapitated, his severed head paraded on a lance before neighbouring cities. The suburbs of his capital at Wroclaw were destroyed, though the citadel held out.   Mongol losses may have been high, as they were unwilling to meet King Vaclav of Bohemia’s army. Small parties were briefly sent into eastern Germany where the town of Meissen, just west of Dresden, suffered an attack, but Orda and Baidar moved south to link up with Batu, cutting through the Bohemian Kingdom, modern Czechia. Stiff local resistance in Bohemia proper convinced Orda to pass through Bohemian controlled Moravia. Fortified points were bypassed for speed, but villages in the countryside suffered. Through the Vlara Pass they entered the Hungarian Kingdom on its northwestern border in May 1241. As that takes us to Hungary, let skip back a few weeks.    After the deparuture of Orda and Baidar in February 1241, Batu and Subutai took the rest of the army to Hungary, dividing their forces to overwhelm their foe at multiple points. On March 12th, Batu and Subutai crossed through the Verecke Pass, the northeastern route the Magyars themselves first took to enter Hungary. Ogedai’s son Qadan took his contingent through the Bargo Pass into northern Transylvania. One of Tolui’s sons, Bojek, took his force through the Oituz pass into central Transylvania, and the noyan Burundai diverted far south, coming up through the Tornu Rosu Pass into southern Transylvania, linking up with Bojek at Alba Iulia.    At the beginning of March King Bela IV began gathering his forces at Pest, one half of the city which forms modern Budapest. His requests to foreign rulers for aid were largely ignored. Bela had in mind an orderly countermarch against the Mongol army. But things quickly slipped from his hands. Some of the nobles held their forces back, refusing to come in the first place. The Mongols broke through the Carpathians quicker than anticipated and news came in of nobles going ahead to face them without support. Denis, the Kingdom’s Palatine, fled to Pest, having failed to repel the Mongols on their exit from the Verecke. Bishop Ugrin of Kalocas (Kalots-ash) defied Bela’s order and likewise marched ahead to engage the Mongols, and only barely escaped with his life. The Duke of Austria, the quarrelsome Frederick II, came to Bela’s call for aid, defeated a small Mongol party in a skirmish near Pest and withdrew. The Bishop of Varad fought the Mongols near Eger, where he was defeated and Eger destroyed. Reports kept coming to Bela of his forces allowing themselves to be destroyed piecemeal by the Mongols, while yet more Mongol forces kept showing up from new directions and rumours swirled of destruction in Poland.    On top of that the tensions between Cumans and Hungarians had not abated. News of Cumans among the Mongol forces led to cries that Bela’s Cuman allies were spies for Batu. Bela placed the Cuman Khan Kotjen and his family under guard in Buda, but in an assault led almost certainly by Hungarian and German nobles, Kotjen and his retinue were killed. In turn, this prompted a pogrom from Hungarians in the area against the Cumans. The remaining Cumans refused to risk their lives for ‘allies’ who treated them such, and abandoned the Hungarians, leaving a trail of destruction as they flew en masse to Bulgaria, some making their way to the Latin Empire of Constantinople. This was just a goddamn mess for Bela, but he was forced to action. At the start of April a Mongol army approached Pest and Bela marched out. The Mongols fled and for a week Bela pursued them, reaching the village of Mohi on the Sajo (shah-yo) River, finding a larger Mongol army arranged on the opposite bank, a single bridge across the only passage. It was the 10th of April, only one day after the Mongol victory at Liegnitz.   Bela had just followed Shiban, Batu’s younger brother, into ground of Batu’s choosing. Batu and Subutai commanded a force estimated around 20-30,000 men, the rest of the army still ravaging Poland and Transylvania. The village of Mohi, where the Hungarians made camp, sat near the Sajo River in the northern edge of the great Hungarian plain, flat rolling grassland ideal for cavalry, while the thick trees along the river kept much of the Mongol army hidden. When Shiban’s messengers ran ahead with news of the size of the Hungarian army, Batu was unnerved, climbing a mountain to convey with Eternal Blue Heaven for a day and night to pray for victory, urging the Muslims in his army to likewise pray.  As the Hungarian army settled into their camp at Mohi, Batu viewed them from a nearby burial mound. Seeing how the Hungarians had packed themselves tightly within a laagar, a wagon fort, Batu was not impressed, likening them to sheep trapping themselves within a pen.    Batu had hoped King Bela would try to cross the bridge, but by digging in at Mohi, Bela was forcing Batu to act. Thomas of Spalato wrote that a Rus’ prisoner escaped the Mongols and warned the Hungarians, and Bela stationed a guard at the bridge. Frustrated, Batu had to force a crossing- neutralizing his army’s mobility and playing to strengths of the Hungarian’s heavier armour. But Subutai came up with a plan. While Batu took his men over the bridge, under the cover of night Subutai would take a force downstream and build a pontoon bridge to cross and outflank the Hungarians.    It didn’t go well. The waters downstream were deep and in the darkness, progress on the pontoon bridge was slow. Too slow for Batu, who in his impatience or belief Subutai was on schedule, ordered an assault, sent a close comrade in a heavily armoured elite unit to push the Hungarians off the bridge. The Hungarians held firm, crossbowmen proving deadly. Bela’s brother Coloman, the Bishop Ugrin and the Master of the Knights Templar in Hungary led the counterattack and repulsed the Mongols. Coloman was said to have personally thrown the Mongol commander off the bridge. The Mongols were forced back, and the Hungarians returned to their camp jubilant. Both European and Chinese sources written from Mongol documents indicate Mongol losses were heavy- as an aside, Mohi is the first battle on European soil described in any detail in a Chinese source. This source, the Yuan Shih, indicates the princes among Batu’s forces were greatly perturbed by the losses, and desired to withdraw and replan. The Polish friar C. de Bridia wrote that the Mongol vanguard actually broke on the bridge and fled. Batu was furious at Subutai’s failure to cross the river, though Subutai was not to be swayed. In response to voices urging retreat, Subutai told them “If my lord wishes to retreat, then retreat by yourself. Until I reach the Magyar city on the Danube River, I will never return!”   The Hungarians left a light guard on the bridge while the distant Hungarian camp slept soundly. Only a few hours after the initial clash, early on April 11th before dawn, the Hungarian bridge guard was rocked by the sudden crashing of stones descending on them from the darkness. The Mongols had set up their Chinese catapults and were ‘shelling’ the enemy position. Demoralized with losses mounting, when the Mongols charged they broke through the defenders. Survivors ran back to the camp, shouting alarm, but the Hungarians were slow to rise, not having anticipated an attack so soon. Subutai’s forces crossed his pontoon bridge, and by 6 A.M. the Hungarian camp was surrounded.   Though Bela’s decision to circle the camp with a wall of wagons offered some protection, the space was too small for the large army. Panic set in as thousands of men woke to cries of anguish and Mongol arrows raining among them, while the Mongols tried to set the wagons on fire. In the densely packed camp men tripped over tents and tent ropes, crushing each other in the fray. Confusion now reigned, and Bela’s fortifications trapped his men. Prince Coloman, the Bishop Ugrin and the Templars rode out to force back the Mongols but were unable to rally more men to join them. Coloman and Ugrin were seriously wounded while the Templars, despite brave efforts, were killed to a man.    A cry ran out. An opening! The Mongols had left a gap, and many ran to take it. This was a trap. Men surrounded with no escape will fight to the death; but provide an avenue for survival, and they’ll take it. In the disorganized rout no formation or protection was to be had. As if herding their sheep, the Mongols followed along both sides of the Hungarians, ensuring none veered off trail. Once the prey was exhausted, the Mongols fell upon them. Survivors were led directly into a marsh where many drowned, encumbered in their armour, weak from injuries and exhaustion. The Bishop Ugrin met his end in these waters, one among many of the nobles, bishops and archbishops of the kingdom who fell. Bela and his brother Coloman barely escaped, with Coloman seriously injured. So ended the battle of Mohi, the back of organized  Hungarian resistance broken.      Hungary, and the rest of Europe, now seemed open to the Mongols, but just under a year after the victory at Mohi, Mongol armies departed from Europe. Why was this? What did they do in that year in between? Since most popular accounts cut from the Mohi victory straight to the Mongol withdrawal, we will give you, our dear listeners, more detail on the what the Mongol presence in Europe actually looked like beyond these battles, and the consequences for Hungary. If it wasn’t Ogedai Khaan’s death in December 1241 which caused the Mongol withdrawal, then what was it?  Theories have abounded from a lack of pasture, poor weather, to a gradual conquest having been the intention. While we will return to Hungary’s fate and later interactions with the Mongols in future episodes, we will also be interviewing Dr. Stephen Pow in a forthcoming episode to discuss the theories, and his own thesis, around the Mongol withdrawal in more detail, so be sure to subscribe to the Kings and Generals podcast and to continue helping us bring you more outstanding content, please visit our patreon at www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. Thank you for listening, I am your host David and we will catch you on the next one!  

"For this 431th exclusive Mixtape, we are proud to receive the DJ & Producer from Upper Silesia (Poland) devoted to Electro : NAIL His powerful mix is mostly Electro-Tech / EBM / Techno (and a little bit acid and avant-garde), including some good classics. Nail (Karol Gwóźdź) is one of the most important person of underground Silesian electronic scene and propably one of the best electro artist in Poland. Dj, composer and producer of ambient and electronic music. His music is a combination of various music styles, but the first and the most important one is the electro music together with other close styles, such as, electro-tech, breakbeat or techno. Karol is a real polymath – he‘s not only a musican, but also one of the most important Silesian writers and poets." ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ If you want to support my artistic work you can do it here by donation: ➤ www.paypal.me/djnail ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ TRACKLIST: 01. Yello - Bostich (Ancient Methods Remix) 02. CYRK - Doppler Spectroscopy 03. Depeche Mode - Precious (Motor Mix) 04. Mogg & Naudascher - Moon Unit (Part 2) 05. Dial M. For Moguai - Bang The Drum (Original) / Plastikman - Hypokondriak 06. Maelstrom feat. DeFeKT - Dublin 07. H.D.B.N. - Extreme Compote 08. Tom Rowlands - Nothing But Pleasure 09. Hell - Let No Man Jack (Dave Clarke More Bass Mix) 10. Röyksopp & Robyn - Sayit 11. Schwefelgelb - Den Keller Volllaufen 12. Djedjotronic feat. Douglas McCarthy - Take Me Down 13. Schwefelgelb - Um Meine Haut 14. Phuture - Acid Tracks 15. Erhalder - Random Jack 14 16. Gavin Guthrie - Dripping 17. The Chemical Brothers - Free Yourself (Paranoid London Remix) / Ritzi Lee - 9 AM 18. Schwefelgelb - Durch Die Haare Die Stirn / Raffaele Attanasio - Lust 19. Terence Fixmer - She Said Destroy 20. Michael Kores & Nicolas Herz - Stupid 21. Dave Clarke feat. Mark Lanegan - Charcoal Eyes (Terence Fixmer Remix) 22. Fixmer / McCarthy - You Want It (Dave Clarke Remix) 23. Chris Liebing - American Madness 24. Terence Fixmer - Shout 25. Iannis Xenakis - S.709 ▁▁▁▁▁▁ YOU CAN HEAR IT ALSO ON OTHER PLATFORMS: ➤ https://bit.ly/tl-mixtape ┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈ Thx for all of your support • Electro will never die! The best electro mixes & techno waves from Upper Silesia.

Welcome to Spodcast, the sports update on Firstpost, where we do a quick run through of the big sports news of the day. In today's episode, we talk about the impressive performances from India's female boxers at the 13th International Silesian Championship in Poland, the Indian women's cricket team winning against Sri Lanka and India increasing their medal haul at the ISSF World Championships.

Special mix for Spanish radio show "Elektrodos". It was presentation of Polish and Silesian electro tracks. Anyway... It was my pleasure to be a part of great Elektrodos radio session on that night. ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ If you want to support my artistic work you can do it here by donation: ➤ www.paypal.me/djnail ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ TRACKLIST: 01. Unstable Routine - It Was Soo Nice, Yet Is Not 02. Lazylab - Chemical Twins Rendered 03. DJ M@R - Sound Of Future 04. Aga Wilk - Brand New Electric 05. EVF - Raw 06. Mehatronik - It's Time 07. Tehta - Reality 08. Cody Commando - Kontrol 09. Nail - 1987 10. Nail - They All Dead 11. Kuba Sojka – Future Mind 12. Matt En - Beginnings 13. Eightball - Computer Analogen (Nail Vip Edit) 14. Robodrum - Electro House Is Not Electro 15. DJ Pablo - Requiem For A Game 16. NUN - Vision Of Life (DJ Nail Remix) 17. Q600 - Red Matter 18. Lexotan - Break Minority 19. DJ Nail - Ghostly Track 20. I Set My Pixels On Fire - My Friend Is A Monster ▁▁▁▁▁▁ YOU CAN HEAR IT ALSO ON OTHER PLATFORMS: ➤ http://bit.ly/elektrodos2015 ┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈ Thx for all of your support • Electro will never die! The best electro mixes & techno waves from Upper Silesia.

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