The two countries have been seeking reconciliation over difficult historical issues.
The two countries have been seeking reconciliation over difficult historical issues.
Poland recently granted permission for Ukraine to conduct a search for the victims.
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The soldiers died defending Lviv, then known as Lwów, when Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland.
The owner of the painting has donated it to Warsaw’s National Museum after learning of its provenance.
The decision marks the latest step towards reconciliation over a difficult shared history.
Around half of the remains belonged to children, and most show signs of brutal deaths, including skulls pierced with farming tools.
The discovery led to part of the city centre being shut down.
Mieczysław Dziemieszkiewicz, codenamed “Rój”, led a unit that fought the communists for years after the end of WWII.
However, a majority also support the decision to strip President Zelensky of Poland’s highest honour.
The cemetery served what was, until the Holocaust, the second-largest Jewish population of any city in the world.
Ukraine has pledged to open historical archives and allow more exhumations to take place.
“After more than 80 years, families are receiving the answer they have awaited for generations,” says Poland’s culture minister.
Hundreds of Jews were killed by their Polish neighbours under the watch of the Nazi-German occupiers.
His comments have been criticised by figures from across Poland’s political spectrum.