Stanisław Zalewski, a former member of the Polish underground resistance who turned 100 this year, has fought a long-running legal battle.
History
Poland criticises Israeli Holocaust institute’s post suggesting Polish responsibility for German crimes
The Auschwitz Museum was among the wide range of Polish officials and institutions to criticise Yad Vashem’s post.
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Far-right MP forces abandonment of Holocaust scholar’s lecture at German institute in Warsaw
Jan Grabowski has long received criticism in Poland over his research into crimes against Jews committed by Poles during World War Two.
Polish interwar prime minister acquitted by Supreme Court 91 years after conviction
The ruling ends a long-running campaign to clear the name of Wincenty Witos, who died in 1945, and nine of his colleagues.
“We understand your pain” over WWII massacre, Ukrainian leader tells Polish parliament
The Volhynia massacres are a regular cause of tension between two otherwise close allies.
Don’t open “Pandora’s box” of WWII reparations, German ambassador warns Poland
Thomas Bagger also admitted that Germany’s support for the Nord Stream pipelines was a “mistake”.
Polish city commemorates WWII massacre of Jewish children
The German Nazi occupiers murdered 45 Jewish children who had survived the liquidation of Kielce’s ghetto.
Poland should pay Russia $750bn for WW2 “liberation”, says chairman of State Duma
Vyacheslav Volodin also said that “Poland must return” lands that it received as part of the postwar settlement.
Ukraine criticises Poland’s call for Zelensky to apologise for WWII massacres
In now-deleted tweets, Ukraine’s ambassador said it was “unacceptable” for Poland to tell Ukraine how to deal with its history.
British royal returns 16th-century book to Poland’s national library
The library has, like Poland itself, experienced a tumultuous and often tragic history.
“Nineteenth century” artefacts found in Poland actually from ancient Egypt and Rome
The figurines of Egyptian and Roman deities Osiris and Bacchus were found in the grounds of a former Polish stately home.
Poland criticises Hungary’s top general for “distorting WWII history”
Hungary’s chief of general staff claimed WWII was a “local German-Polish war” that escalated due to a lack of peace efforts.
Polish government to “analyse” 1,000 academics who signed letter supporting Holocaust scholar
Over 1,000 academics have signed a letter in defence of a Holocaust scholar who has been criticised by the Polish government.
Poland recommends Russia’s Kaliningrad be called Królewiec
The name Kaliningrad is “artificial” and evokes negative feelings in Poland, found a government body.
