Flying University

The Flying University was a special school that helped people learn when it was hard to do so.

It started in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, in 1885. At that time, Poland was ruled by another country, and Polish traditions were being changed. The Flying University let young people study their own language, history, and many other subjects.

Teachers and students would meet in different places to keep safe. One famous student was Maria Skłodowska-Curie, who became known as Madame Curie and won a Nobel Prize for her science work.

Later, during a difficult time for Poland in the 1970s and 1980s, new Flying Universities helped people learn freely again. These schools were important because they let people think and learn for themselves, even when others tried to control what they could study.