Peterloo (film) Peterloo (film) Peterloo is a 2018 British historical drama, directed and written by Mike Leigh, based on the Peterloo Massacre of 1819. The film was selected to be screened in the main competition section of the 75th Venice International Film Festival. The film received its UK premiere on 17 October 2018, as part of the BFI London Film Festival, in Manchester. The screening marks the first time the festival has held a premiere outside London. Leigh said he was delighted that "Peterloo" would be premiered "where it happened." It was released in the United Kingdom on 2 November 2018, by
Massacre in Podgaje "PODGAJE 31 I 1945". Massacre in Podgaje The Podgaje Massacre refers to the mass murder of Polish Army soldiers, who were captured in January 1945 by the Waffen SS. It took place on January 31, 1945 in the town of Podgaje. Dutch soldiers of the Kampfgruppe Elster (of 48 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment "General Seyffardt" as a part of 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian)) killed 32 soldiers of 4th Company, 3rd Infantry Regiment, Polish 1st Tadeusz Kosciuszko Infantry Division. Polish soldiers were captured during heavy fighting, in which First Polish Army tried to break through German defensive