The Saxon Palace was, like most of Warsaw, destroyed by the German occupiers during World War Two.
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German archive returns items to families of Polish victims of concentration camps
The objects, which included watches, jewellery, wedding rings, letters and photographs, were handed over at a ceremony in Warsaw.
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