This year, over 1,400 students from 170 schools from all over Poland applied to participate in the competition organized by the Waclaw Felczak Institute for Polish-Hungarian Cooperation. The event is titled “Poland-Hungary – the story of a friendship.” The winners of the competition will be granted scholarships, with amounts ranging from PLN 600 to 4,000 (EUR 141-939).

Aid point for Hungarians at Krakowskie Przedmieście 5 in Warsaw, 1956. Photo by CAF/PAP

In 2022, the inaugural year of the Polish-Hungarian history competition, it spotlighted the relations between the two nations during the 14th and 15th centuries. In 2022, the inaugural year of the Polish-Hungarian history competition, it spotlighted the relations between the two nations during the 14th and 15th centuries. Last year, the competition focused on three emblematic figures of shared history: St. Kinga, Polish King István Báthory, and Józef Bem, a Polish general involved in the Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence of 1848–1849. 

The competition's ultimate round is scheduled for April 29, and the outcome will be revealed during a prestigious gala event in Warsaw on May 17.

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