Daniel Tilles
Ernest Wilimowski’s story is one of glory, betrayal and the upheaval of Central Europe’s tragic 20th century.

Daniel Tilles
Ernest Wilimowski’s story is one of glory, betrayal and the upheaval of Central Europe’s tragic 20th century.
Devils, dragons, mermaids and ghosts are among the mythical creatures depicted on the map of Pomerania.
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Over 1,000 academics have signed a letter in defence of a Holocaust scholar who has been criticised by the Polish government.
The name Kaliningrad is “artificial” and evokes negative feelings in Poland, found a government body.
“It shows zero respect for the dead, after all this is the biggest cemetery in the world.”
Barbara Engelking has been condemned by the Polish government for saying that Poles did little to help Jews during the Holocaust.
Government figures have criticised a Holocaust scholar for saying Poles did little to help Jews during the war.
The prime minister condemned Barbara Engelking’s remarks as part of an “anti-Polish narrative”.
During his visit, Germany’s president was handed a copy of the Polish government’s claim for war reparations.
Eugeniusz Jan Niedzielski served in the Polish 1st Armoured Division, which helped liberate the Netherlands from German Nazi occupation.
Over 1,000 slave labourers – the largest number of whom were Poles – were burned alive in a barn in the German town of Gardelegen on 13 April 1945.
Israeli Holocaust study groups would have to visit at least one site from a list compiled by the Polish government.
The building was destroyed along with many others after the defeat of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
The small hoard consisted of an axe and two bronze hoop ornaments.