The trains will use historical locomotives and refurbished carriages, with dining cars serving traditional Polish dishes.
History
Polish researchers uncover secrets of mummified Egyptian boy using modern scanning
They discovered a piece of papyrus on his chest that may contain his name – though further work is needed to establish that.
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WW2 massacre of Poles by Ukrainians must be called genocide, says head of Polish church
The heads of Poland’s Catholic Church and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church signed a joint declaration on the Volhynia massacres.
Excavation of mystery railway at former German Nazi HQ amid hope of finding lost Amber Room
The tracks were discovered at the wartime headquarters of Nazi Germany’s military high command, located in what is now Poland.
Statue of Polish wartime leader Sikorski unveiled in UK
The memorial was revealed on the 80th anniversary of Władysław Sikorski’s death in a plane crash that remains unexplained.
Lego creates model of Polish Nobel laureate Szymborska to mark 100th birth anniversary
The scene, made up of 21,000 bricks and displayed in Szymborska’s home city of Kraków, depicts the moment she was awarded the 1996 prize.
Families of Polish WWII victims sue German firms for millions in compensation
Bayer and Henschel are being sued for €4.3 million by the descendants of two Polish businessmen victimised during the German-Nazi occupation.
Polish deputy minister: “hard to imagine” Ukraine joining EU unless WW2 massacre victims exhumed
A Ukrainian official says such exhumations will only be permitted if Poland does more to restore damaged memorials to Ukrainian fighters on its territory.
Poland charges 25 former communist guards over abuse of martial law internees
The prisoners were beaten and subjected to humiliating psychological abuse, says the IPN.
Jewish valuables buried during WWII found during construction work in Polish city
A third of Łódź’s population were Jews before the Holocaust and the city was home to the second largest ghetto in German-occupied Europe.
Poland recovers painting from Japan that was looted by Nazi Germany in WWII
The work by Italian baroque painter Alessandro Turchi was discovered with the help of special IT tools used by staff at the Polish culture ministry.
Auschwitz museum criticises politicisation of Holocaust after Polish ruling party uses camp in video
PiS party featured the former German Nazi death camp in a video criticising an upcoming anti-government march by the opposition.
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.
