- ... that in 1939, a trans-Atlantic radio broadcast featured coloratura soprano Ewa Bandrowska-Turska (pictured) singing four songs by Karol Szymanowski from the Wawel Castle in Kraków for the U.S. audience?
- ... that Magdalena Wolińska-Riedi was married by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger and had her childen baptized by him when he became Pope Benedict XVI?
- ... that some Roman Catholics in Poland observed a Week of the Poor that lead up to the first World Day of the Poor on 19 November 2017?
- ... that Alice Bota, who studied in Germany and Poland, and currently writes for Die Zeit, won the Axel-Springer award for young journalists?