VERITAS FOUNDATION AND PUBLICATION CENTRE

Veritas Foundation is one of the oldest Polish organizations in Britain, established in 1947, to promote Christian education and culture in the Polish Community settled here after World War II, mostly through publishing books and through support and care for Poles who studied at British colleges and universities in the post-war years.

In the 79 years of its existence our Catholic Publication Centre (KOW) has published hundreds of different books, covering a wide field, from religion to contemporary history and works of literature. Most of those could never have appeared in Poland under the communist regime's ever present censorship, and these publications (books and periodicals) were much appreciated by Polish readers in Britain, and when they found their way there, in Poland too.

For many years we have also endeavoured to strengthen long established ties and build new ways of communication and cultural interaction between Polish and British people, by publishing books in Polish as well as in English, reflecting our mutual spiritual and cultural heritage, encouraging an ecumenical outlook and all that binds us together, historically and in the present challenging times.

Wojciech Płazak

Chairman, Veritas Foundation

September 2026