“For our common future, for the security of our alliances, we are waiting for reparations from the German state,” said Karol Nawrocki.
History
The three Jewish football stars behind Poland’s first international goal
Adam Musiał
The wartime trajectories of Józef Klotz, Leon Sperling and Józef Lustgarten mirrored the fates of many other Polish Jews.
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How artists created Polish national styles at a time when Poland did not exist
Aleksandra Janiszewska
With Poland partitioned between three imperial powers, art bound Poles together and preserved identity.
Polish city auctions remains of 18th century palace that served as Nazi HQ
Hatzfeld Palace in Wrocław was mostly destroyed in WWII.
The Polish opening: does Chess World Cup success augur a new golden age for Poland?
Mateusz Bartel
Jan-Krzysztof Duda’s recent triumph, as well as government support, have boosted the sport.
Polish government turns communist-era hotel into museum instead of planned shopping centre
Hotel Cracovia operated from 1965-2011.
Mass grave shows “evidence of genocide” against Poles by Nazi Germany, say archaeologists
The area in which the grave was found was named the “Valley of Death” by locals due to the number of mass executions.
Inventing authenticity: how the rebuilding of Warsaw’s Old Town became a model for other cities
Andrew Demshuk
Warsaw’s Old Town was recreated after wartime destruction.
Holocaust scholars win appeal against Polish court ruling ordering them to apologise
“Interference in academic research” is not the role of a court, said the judge.
Polish archbishop criticises John Lennon’s “Imagine” and condemns “false belief of Europeanness”
The song offers a “poisonous utopia”, warned the archbishop of Częstochowa, speaking at Poland’s holiest Catholic shrine.
Polish foundation launches app to document forgotten cemeteries
The aim is to create a growing database of burial sites in Poland and the wider region.
International campaign on “how Poles brought freedom to western Europe” to launch
The project will be run by the state Institute of National Remembrance (IPN).
Polish nationalists march against “LGBT totalitarianism” on anniversary of WWII uprising
One of the march’s organisers also took down an EU flag.
The underground photographer who chronicled the Warsaw Uprising
Ben Koschalka
Sylwester Braun captured the dramatic and tragic events of the struggle against Nazi-German occupation.
