On 2 October 2026, a promotion took place at the Ossolineum in Wrocław of the latest edition of the book entitled ‘Armia Podziemna’ (‘The Secret Army’) by General Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, which was financed by the Lanckoronski Foundation and contains a new foreword by Wojciech Rodak.

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Poster promoting The Secret Army

Poster promoting the latest edition of the book “Armia Podziemna” (“The Secret Army”).

Adam Komorowski

Adam Komorowski, son of General Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski.

Participants in the discussion during the book launch

From left: Professor Tomasz Głowiński (moderator), Piotr Piniński (President of the Lanckoronski Foundation, co-publisher of the book), Wojciech Rodak (author of the foreword), and Adam Komorowski (son of the book’s author).

Adam Komorowski signing copies of the book

Adam Komorowski signing copies of “Armia Podziemna” (“The Secret Army”).

On 5 September 2026, during the Warsaw Autumn Book Festival, took place the promotion of the book “Armia Podziemna” by General Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski.

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First published in English in London in 1950 with the title The Secret Army, and then in Polish in 1951 also in London, it was only published in Poland in 1994. This new edition, financed by The Lanckoronski Foundation, contains a new foreword by Wojciech Rodak who headed the team of researchers responsible for the general’s 2023 biography (Decyzje Bora/Bor’s Decisions), which was also sponsored by The Lanckoronski Foundation. It has a foreword and post-script from earlier editions by General Tadeusz Pełczyński and Professor Władysław Bartoszewski.

From left: Jerzy Kisielewski (host), Adam Komorowski (son of General “Bór”), Piotr Piniński (chairman of the Lanckoronski Foundation), and Wojciech Rodak (author of the new foreword to “Armia Podziemna”).

 

On 20 March 2026 in Wrocław took place the symbolic breaking of the ground to commence the building of the new Museum of the Princes Lubomirski, belonging to the Ossolineum. Amongst others taking part were Marta Cienkowska, Minister of Culture, Anna Żabska, Governor of Lower Silesia, Dr Lukasz Kamiński, Director of the Ossoliński National Institute, and Piotr Piniński, President of the Lanckoronski Foundation who represented the museum’s donors.

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(Row 1) : Dr Łukasz Kamiński (2 from right), Marta Cienkowska (3 from right), Anna Żabska (4 from right), Piotr Piniński (left).

 

The Director of the Ossolineum Dr Lukasz Kamiński signing the Act of Foundation together with the Minister of Culture Marta Cienkowska.

On 18 march 2026 in Kraków took place the inauguration of the Sadok Barącz Department for the History of Polish Armenians, in the auditorium of the Collegium Novum of the Jagiellonian University of Kraków.

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Professor Krzysztof Stopka, director of the Jagiellonian University Museum and editor-in-chief of the annual publication Lehahayer (Polish Armenians), financed by the Lanckoronski Foundation.

(right): Piotr Piniński, president of The Lanckoronski Foundation; (3-6 from right): Łukasz Osmalak, member of Parliament, Alexander Arzumanian, the Armenian Ambassador, professor Andrzej Szeptycki, under secretary of state in the Ministry of Education, professor Piotr Jedynak, rector of the Jagiellonian University of Kraków.

+ Rome spring 2026

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On 18 November in Lwów in Ukraine, was held a presentation of the book “The Library of Karolina Lanckorońska in the Scientific Library Collection of the University of Lviv”. The book was written and edited by the Scientific Library of the university, in conjunction with the Ossolineum in Wrocław, and supported financially by The Lanckoronski Foundation.

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Invitation.

The University of Lwów.

Dr Wasyl Kmiet, Director of the Lwów Municipal Library.

Piotr Piniński (centre), president of the Lanckoronski Foundation.

During the presentation.

(from left): Piotr Piniński, Oleksandr Sedlyar, director of the Scientific Library of the University of Lwów, Dr Dorota Sidorowicz vice-director of the Ossolineum in Wrocław,
Professor Olena Kvas, prorector of Science and Innovation at the University of Lwów.

+ Vienna 2 XI 2025

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+ Rome 2 XI 2025

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On 10 October 2025, in the City of London, at 30 Gresham Street, a working session of the president and members of the Foundation’s Council took place with the Foundation’s investment managers from the international division of Rathbones (formerly Investec Wealth & Management).

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(from left): members of the Council of the Lanckoroński Foundation Piotr Chłapowski and Jadwiga Czartoryska, as well as Piotr Piniński (president), Christopher Hills (Rathbones: Chief Investment Consul, Investment and Research), Richard Johnson (Rathbones: Divisional Director, Investment), Eloise Butterfield (Rathbones: Investment Manager), and Dominik Radziwiłł (member of the Foundation’s Council).

 

The promotion of Karolina Lanckorońska’s first complete biography, “Jedyna” (The Only One), took place on 12 September 2025 at the Pan Tadeusz Museum in Wrocław. The title refers not only to the subject’s exceptional personality and life, but also to the fact that it is her only biography.

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The author, Marcin Wilk, has written much-praised biographies of Anna Jantar and Irena Kwiatkowska and is a researcher in social history at the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Science. Interviewing him was Dr Monika Piotrowska-Marchewa of the Institute of History at the University of Wrocław.

(from right): Piotr Piniński, president of the Lanckoronski Foundation,
Dr Monika Piotrowska-Marchewa, the author Marcin Wilk.

 

(from left): The author, Marcin Wilk, being interviewed
by Dr Monika Piotrowska-Marchewa.