Most identified border blockades by Polish farmers and the WWII Volhynia massacres as reasons for disputes between the two nations.
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The Polish town 97% destroyed in WWII which then rose from the ashes
Filip Mazurczak
No Polish town – and probably none anywhere in Europe – suffered more destruction than Jasło.
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