Denying Nazi crimes is a criminal offence in Poland that carries a prison sentence of up to three years.
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Ukraine to establish new national pantheon as Poland warns against honouring massacre figures
President Zelensky reiterated that “only Ukrainians will decide who is a hero to us”.
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Plans launched for Natural History Museum in Warsaw
Poland is a rare example of a major European country that does not have a dedicated national natural history museum.
Poland honours 101-year-old Polish-Israeli Warsaw Uprising veteran
Stanisław Aronson received the Bene Merito for his efforts to “promote Poland’s good name and reconciliation in Polish-Jewish relations”.
Anger over techno party at historic palace in Warsaw
The local authorities insist that all necessary permissions for the concert were obtained and that no damage was caused to historic buildings.
Around 200 unexploded WWII mines found at university dormitory construction site in Poland
Unexploded ordnance from World War Two is regularly found around Poland.
Warsaw Uprising veteran promoted to colonel on her 105th birthday
Urszula Tauer, pseudonym “Ala”, took “enormous risks every day, fully aware of the potential consequences”.
Mass grave discovered at site where Ukrainian nationalists massacred Poles in WWII
Ukraine previously banned exhumations, but last year allowed them to resume in a diplomatic breakthrough.
Kanye West concert cancelled in Poland following government threat to ban entry
The Polish culture minister had condemned West’s antisemitic and pro-Nazi statements.
Russia installs exhibition on “Polish Russophobia” outside Katyn cemetery
The exhibit was launched days before Poland marked a day of remembrances for victims of the Soviet massacre.
Kraków’s buglers get new instruments for iconic hourly trumpet call
The practice of buglers playing from the church tower dates back to at least the 14th century.
Archaeologists in Poland find ancient society drank reduced-lactose milk in likely rituals
Finds also include what could be one of the world’s earliest known depictions of wheeled transport.
Polish government backs planned museum on WWII massacres by Ukrainian nationalists
Around 100,000 ethnic Poles are believed to have been killed in the Volhynia massacres.
Russia protests to Poland over “Ukrainian Nazi” vandalism of Soviet cemetery
The Kremlin called it a “disgusting example of Russophobia”.
