The cemetery served what was, until the Holocaust, the second-largest Jewish population of any city in the world.
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Poland welcomes Zelensky’s five-point plan for resolving dispute over WWII massacres
Ukraine has pledged to open historical archives and allow more exhumations to take place.
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Auschwitz Museum to stop selling entry tickets on site over “unethical practices” of travel firms
Almost 2 million people visited the former German-Nazi camp last year.
Nazi documents withdrawn from German auction passed to Poland’s Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation
The auction was cancelled after international criticism and intervention by Poland’s government.
Polish museum appeals for help cataloguing everyday items from prewar Jewish homes
The POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews wants people to send photos and descriptions of objects they have at home.
Auschwitz Museum criticises Germany for failing to mention Nazis’ Polish victims in commemoration
“It is deeply troubling that the statement commemorating the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz failed to mention the Polish victims of the camp.”
President calls for Germany to pay Poland reparations in Auschwitz speech on Holocaust Remembrance Day
“To this day, the German state has not paid Poland reparations for the evils of WWII,” declared Karol Nawrocki.
Presidents of Poland, Ukraine and Lithuania mark anniversary of 19th-century anti-Russian uprising
“It’s been 163 years since the January Uprising and one thing remains unchanged: Russia remains a threat,” said Karol Nawrocki.
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It’s time for Germany to start paying the cost of maintaining Auschwitz and other former Nazi camps in Poland [Opinion]
Wojciech Konończuk
Poland has paid more for the maintenance of former camps than Germany has ever given to Polish WWII victims.
Poland hindered Soviet efforts to prevent WWII, claims head of Russian state archives
The claims echo Vladimir Putin’s longstanding revisionist narrative about the war.
Andy Warhol works part of Polish museum’s new exhibition on art of Rusyn ethnic group
The Rusyns are from a region that today lies around the borders between Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, Hungary and Romania.
Ukraine authorises further searches for Polish WWII massacre victims
Work will take place in three former Polish villages where residents were massacred by Ukrainian nationalists.
Poland “ready to defend western border” with Germany, says president
Poland’s foreign ministry has “reassured” the president that “there is no threat on our western border”.
Polish Christmas traditions in prewar pictures
Ben Koschalka
Many customs have remained unchanged for generations, if not centuries.
