The train has been in operation since 1963.
The train has been in operation since 1963.
The decision marks the latest step towards reconciliation over a difficult shared history.
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The 34-year-old Colombian citizen was charged with promoting Nazism.
Ostaszów was established by Nazi Germany in 1936 as an agricultural settlement.
Mieczysław Dziemieszkiewicz, codenamed “Rój”, led a unit that fought the communists for years after the end of WWII.
The cemetery served what was, until the Holocaust, the second-largest Jewish population of any city in the world.
Ukraine has pledged to open historical archives and allow more exhumations to take place.
“After more than 80 years, families are receiving the answer they have awaited for generations,” says Poland’s culture minister.
Hundreds of Jews were killed by their Polish neighbours under the watch of the Nazi-German occupiers.
Ukraine’s decision was “not in line with European values”, said the EP.
It is important to “remain in dialogue” given that Poland and Ukraine “share a common enemy in Russia”, says Karol Nawrocki.
The release is an “attempt to undermine Ukrainian-Polish relations”, says Ukraine’s Centre for Countering Disinformation.
If found guilty of denying Nazi crimes, he could face up to three years in prison.
Poland has welcomed the “de-escalation” but made clear it still expects concrete action from Ukraine.