“It is deeply troubling that the statement commemorating the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz failed to mention the Polish victims of the camp.”
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President calls for Germany to pay Poland reparations in Auschwitz speech on Holocaust Remembrance Day
“To this day, the German state has not paid Poland reparations for the evils of WWII,” declared Karol Nawrocki.
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Town breaks record for biggest Polish coat of arms on Constitution Day
The 1,200 square metre national symbol was unfurled on the beach in Międzyzdroje.
Fifteenth-century book looted in WW2 returned to Polish museum after turning up at auction
The collection of religious texts, published in the late 1400s, includes works by Thomas Aquinas, Bonaventure, and Nicholas of Błonie.
Auschwitz Museum restricts entry rules amid surge in visitors without bookings
Visitor numbers this year are approaching the pre-pandemic record.
Exhumation of Poles massacred by Ukrainians in WWII begins in Ukraine
Previously, Kyiv had banned such exhumations from taking place since 2017.
Polish and Israeli presidents jointly lead Auschwitz march
Among the participants in the march were not only elderly Holocaust survivors but also former Hamas hostages.
Poland and Ukraine jointly condemn vandalism of Ukrainian war memorial in Poland
They described the incident as an act of “deliberate provocation that serves the interests of Russia”.
The forgotten extermination of Polish psychiatric patients in WW2
Filip Mazurczak
Activists have been campaigning for greater recognition of the at least 20,000 victims.
Oldest wooden building in Warsaw’s Praga district burns down
Built in 1817, it housed two bells, including one from 1772, both of which survived the fire.
Tusk likens Russia’s actions in Ukraine to Soviet crimes on Katyn anniversary
Russia’s Palm Sunday attack on civilians in Sumy was “caused by the same evil” as the Katyn massacre, says Poland’s prime minister.
Temporary memorial to Polish victims of Nazi-German occupation to be unveiled in Berlin
“In Germany, too little is known about the scale of the crimes committed by Germans against millions of Poles,” says the German culture minister.
Opposition supporters join march celebrating 1,000th anniversary of kingdom of Poland
Poland’s main ruling party is encouraging its supporters to attend a separate anniversary event later this month.
Remains of victims of German Nazi concentration camp for Polish children discovered
One of them was a 12-year-old girl who died after being beaten by a guard.
