The Volhynia massacres of ethnic Poles by Ukrainian nationalists has long caused tensions between the two countries.
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Poland tears down 41st Soviet monument since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Hundreds of local residents gathered to watch the monument being demolished, with many applauding as it collapsed.
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Poles see Auschwitz primarily as site of Polish martyrdom not Jewish suffering, finds study
The research also finds significant gaps in factual knowledge about the camp’s victims among Poles.
Polish resistance fighters’ daughter born in communist prison loses court battle
A woman whose mother died while giving birth to her in a communist prison has her claim for 15 million zloty compensation rejected.
“Do not be indifferent”: the most powerful (and political) moments from Auschwitz commemoration
Amid the commemorations, politics was never far from the surface.
“Poles should pay us for liberating them”: Russia responds to Kaczyński’s WW2 reparations call
Kaczyński says that Poland deserves war reparations not only from Germany, but also from Russia.
Auschwitz and the so-called Soviet liberation of Poland
Norman Davies
While the Soviets liberated Auschwitz, they were filling another former Nazi camp, Majdanek, with Polish prisoners.
Polish MEP condemned for comparing treatment of animals to Nazi camps
Sylwia Spurek has been criticised for a Twitter post depicting cattle as Jews in concentration camps.
Warsaw’s Royal Castle transforms old advertising banners into bags
The Royal Castle is reusing banners advertising exhibitions to make shopping bags and backpacks.
We must fight anti-Polonism just as we have fought antisemitism, says Polish PM
The prime minister also supported President Duda’s decision not to travel to Israel to “listen to Putin’s lies”.
Russia claims “Polish antisemitism facilitated Nazi camps and Holocaust”, EU condemns “false history”
Poland “must apologise to the whole world” for “creating fertile ground for the Holocaust”, said the State Duma speaker.
Record 2.3 million people visited Auschwitz in 2019
The growing number of visitors also brings challenges as the former camp increasingly becomes a tourist destination.
Putin’s Stalinist history
Sławomir Dębski
The Russian president’s only version of history is the Soviet one.
Poland’s president is right to boycott Auschwitz commemoration in Israel
Daniel Tilles
Whatever one thinks of the Polish government’s historical policy, Poland must be properly represented.
