Echa obchodów 400. rocznicy śmierci Mikołaja Kopernika w wolnym świecie w londyńskim „Dzienniku Polskim” w 1943 roku

The author discusses the celebration, despite the on-going Second World War, of the 400th anniversary of the death of the great Polish astronomer – Nicolaus Copernicus and his scientific achievements in the London-based civilian „Dziennik Polski” from January to October 1943. The celebration of this anniversary, which falls on May 24 this year, was disturbed by the discovery in April of mass graves of Polish officers in the Katyn Forest and the tragic death of General Władysław Sikorski in Gibraltar in a plane crash on his way back from the Middle East to London on July 4. She also noted some press reports in other countries about this anniversary. Methods used in writing the article: press content analysis – qualitative.