A monk ordered it to be hidden when the Germans began seizing bells to melt them down for metal.
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Relations with Poland “worst since WW2”, says Russian ambassador amid growing tensions
Recent weeks have seen tit-for-tat expulsions of diplomats between Russia and CEE countries.
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Nationalists clash with police in Wrocław after far-right march called off due to antisemitism
Wrocław’s far-right Independence March was called off due to antisemitic slogans and flares, but participants refused to disperse.
Polish government criticises Netflix for “misleading” death camp map and suggests legal action
The foreign ministry has criticised a map of Nazi camps used by Netflix and a deputy justice minister suggests possible legal action.
Polish Independence Day: live blog
Join us for live updates on Polish Independence Day, including the controversial march in Warsaw.
Ukrainian activist detained in Poland at request of Russia and faces extradition hearing
Ihor Mazur was detained while attempting to cross the border into Poland, and now faces an extradition hearing at a Polish court.
Nationalism or patriotism? Poland’s March of Independence
Stanley Bill
A controversial national march returns to the streets of Warsaw.
Tusk warns PiS must be stopped from “destroying” Poland and criticises “naive” EU migration policy
“Everything should be done to prevent PiS from destroying the political order and rule of law for the next four years,” says Tusk.
PM announces reshuffled government for start of second term
After elections, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced the members of his reformed cabinet, as the ruling PiS party prepares for the first sitting of the new parliament on Tuesday.
“LGBT ideology” is like Nazism or Bolshevism and must be resisted, says Polish archbishop
LGBT is “dangerous”, “like Bolshevik or Hitlerite ideologies”, says the Arcbishop of Kraków, who also warns that paedophilia in the church should not be exaggerated.
Repairing the world: The Olympic athlete restoring Poland’s Jewish heritage
Estera Flieger
A town honours its Jewish community that was wiped out in the Holocaust.
Swedish neo-Nazi expelled from Poland
A member of the Nordic Resistance Movement, who had come to Poland for paramilitary training, was expelled as a security threat.
The god of war returns: PiS’s controversial judicial nominations
Piotr Trudnowski
After every election, Jarosław Kaczyński, tired of steering towards the centre ground in campaigns, returns to what he knows best: conflict.
Unique ant colony trapped in abandoned Polish nuclear bunker survived by eating its own dead
Scientists report on a unique colony of ants found in an abandoned nuclear weapons bunker in Poland.
