The Hokkaido University Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences Northern Studies and Education Center, the Polish Information and Cultural Center, and the Hokkaido Slavic-Eurasian Research Center will co-host a film screening and lecture related to the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising on August 9th.

The Warsaw Uprising was an armed uprising that took place in Poland in 1944 towards the end of World War II. The Warsaw Uprising, which was a brave challenge to the occupying Germans but was defeated, is engraved in the hearts of many Poles as a symbol of the heroic fight to restore Poland's sovereignty and independence. What did the Warsaw Uprising mean to the Polish people? Now that we have reached the 80th anniversary of the uprising, I would like to think about the meaning of fighting and peace.

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