Poland on November 11, 1918

This week’s Culture.pl newsletter includes an article by Marek Kępa from 2018 (rev. 2026) that answers the question, Why Does Poland Celebrate Independence Day on 11th November? It recounts some of the events on the ground and in the streets on 11 Listopada 1918. Here are excerpts from the text, without the many interesting photos included in the full article. On 11th November 1918, Poland regained its independence after 123 years of partitioning by Russia, Prussia and Austria. But what actually happened on that historic day? Culture.pl chronicles the events of what is now commemorated as Independence Day – explaining why they occurred peacefully despite the obvious tension and how these events brought back Poland’s freedom. Out of the blue How does a large country like Interwar Poland re-appear in Central Europe? What needs to happen on a particular day to make it ‘Independence Day?’ A somewhat humorous answer to that question was provided by Marshal Józef Piłsudski, the celebrated…

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