The culture ministry’s public database of lost works still contains around 70,000 items.
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Ukraine to begin search and exhumation in Poland at suspected mass grave of WWII soldiers
The decision comes after Ukraine this year allowed Poland to conduct exhumations on its territory.
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Hollywood star Jesse Eisenberg receives Polish citizenship from president
Eisenberg, whose ancestors were from Poland, said that receiving citizenship was the “honour of a lifetime”.
Wałęsa condemns Trump treatment of Zelensky, likening it to communist interrogation
“We watched your conversation with Zelensky with horror and distaste,” Wałęsa and other former political prisoners wrote to Trump.
Presidential election is “referendum on Tusk”, says opposition candidate Nawrocki
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Lviv’s mayor called Sławomir Mentzen a “pro-Russian politician with a Polish passport”.
Rare meteoric iron found in 2,700-year-old artefacts in Poland
The find mean that the Polish sites now rank among the most concentrated sources of meteoric iron artefacts globally.
Auschwitz museum debunks Russia’s claim that Pole abused fellow camp prisoners
Material published by the Russian security services contains numerous, glaring inaccuracies, notes the museum’s head of research.
Roman sword discovered in Poland
“No one can quite say how or why this sword ended up there.”
Court reinstates historian fired from state body over involvement in website critical of its president
The head of the the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN), Karol Nawrocki, is currently a leading presidential candidate.
Archaeologists confirm prehistoric human cannibalism in Polish cave
Researchers believe the practice was likely carried out for ritualistic reasons rather than being necessitated by hunger.
Poland declares new holiday honouring WW2 underground resistance Home Army
The Home Army is believed by many historians to have been the largest underground force in German-occupied Europe.
Poland confirms details of exhumation of Poles massacred by Ukrainians in WWII
The work will take place at a mass grave in a former Polish village located in what is now western Ukraine.
New Lego set honours Polish scientist Maria Skłodowska-Curie
But the toymaker has received some criticism for naming her as Marie Curie, excluding the Polish surname Skłodowska that she used throughout her life.
