Stanisław Zalewski, a former member of the Polish underground resistance who turned 100 this year, has fought a long-running legal battle.
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Poland criticises Israeli Holocaust institute’s post suggesting Polish responsibility for German crimes
The Auschwitz Museum was among the wide range of Polish officials and institutions to criticise Yad Vashem’s post.
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Remains of 100 people found in mass graves near former German Nazi camp in Poland
The victims were prisoners of war held in the camp as well as Polish civilians deported there following the Warsaw Uprising.
Unexploded WW2 shells found in Polish church wall
Two artillery shells, a grenade and a bullet were found lodged in walls at a church in southern Poland.
Congressman calls for US to support Poland’s war reparations claim against Germany
“It cannot stand that Poland, the country that suffered the most under Nazi Germany, should be one of the least compensated.”
Exhibition commemorating Polish child victims of Nazis and Soviets opens in Polish parliament
Poland’s culture minister expressed his hope that the exhibition will also displayed at European institutions.
Polish town that was first to be attacked in WWII calls for reparations from Germany
“We have every right to demand that Germany unambiguously takes moral, political, historical and legal responsibility for the losses.”
German unveils plans for Berlin centre commemorating Poland’s WW2 victims
We Germans, and that includes me, still have a lot to learn,” said Claudia Roth, the federal commissioner for culture and media.
Almost 14,000 evacuated in Polish city after unexploded WWII bomb found
The bomb, which was found during construction of a housing development, has now been safely removed by army sappers.
Poland to get new public holiday commemorating children of war
The holiday honours Polish children who suffered under German and Soviet occupation during World War II.
Don’t open “Pandora’s box” of WWII reparations, German ambassador warns Poland
Thomas Bagger also admitted that Germany’s support for the Nord Stream pipelines was a “mistake”.
Poland should pay Russia $750bn for WW2 “liberation”, says chairman of State Duma
Vyacheslav Volodin also said that “Poland must return” lands that it received as part of the postwar settlement.
Ukraine criticises Poland’s call for Zelensky to apologise for WWII massacres
In now-deleted tweets, Ukraine’s ambassador said it was “unacceptable” for Poland to tell Ukraine how to deal with its history.
Poland criticises Hungary’s top general for “distorting WWII history”
Hungary’s chief of general staff claimed WWII was a “local German-Polish war” that escalated due to a lack of peace efforts.
