“From a German perspective, this issue has been legally resolved,” said the German president’s spokeswoman.
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Polish victims of WWII massacres by Ukrainian nationalists reburied in Ukraine
Their remains were exhumed earlier this year following a diplomatic breakthrough between Kyiv and Warsaw.
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Polish football star who defected to Nazi Germany reburied after grave saved from demolition
Ernest Wilimowski died in Germany in 1997, having never able to return after the war to Poland, where he was widely regarded as a traitor.
New Polish president demands Germany pay war reparations on invasion anniversary
“For our common future, for the security of our alliances, we are waiting for reparations from the German state,” said Karol Nawrocki.
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.
Polish researchers obtain permission to search potential site of Amber Room missing since WWII
The Amber Room, which was looted by Nazi Germany, is one of the most famous lost treasures of the Second World War.
Call for museum to honour deaf platoon that fought in Warsaw Uprising
The platoon, formed as the Institute for the Deaf in Warsaw, numbered 29 strong by the time of the uprising.
Polish museum criticised for exhibition on “Our Boys” who fought in Hitler’s army
Poland’s president and defence minister were among those to condemn the exhibition at Gdańsk city hall.
Poland calls on German museum to return Polish royal ring looted in WWII
The diamond ring belonged to 16th-century Polish King Sigismund I.
Ukraine and Poland grant each other consent for exhumations
Kyiv hailed the development as a further example of the “constructive work of Ukraine and Poland on historical issues”.
Ukraine criticises Polish plans for “day of remembrance for victims of genocide” by Ukrainian nationalists
Kyiv says it “flies in the face of the spirit of good neighbourly relations”.
The forgotten extermination of Polish psychiatric patients in WW2
Filip Mazurczak
Activists have been campaigning for greater recognition of the at least 20,000 victims.
Temporary memorial to Polish victims of Nazi-German occupation to be unveiled in Berlin
“In Germany, too little is known about the scale of the crimes committed by Germans against millions of Poles,” says the German culture minister.
Remains of victims of German Nazi concentration camp for Polish children discovered
One of them was a 12-year-old girl who died after being beaten by a guard.
