“The aim is to shed light on the history of one of the lesser-known victim groups of Auschwitz,” says the museum.

“The aim is to shed light on the history of one of the lesser-known victim groups of Auschwitz,” says the museum.
The diamond ring belonged to 16th-century Polish King Sigismund I.
We are an independent, nonprofit media outlet, funded through the support of our readers.
If you appreciate the work we do, please consider helping us to continue and expand it.
It will later be replaced by a permanent memorial known as the Polish-German House.
Kyiv hailed the development as a further example of the “constructive work of Ukraine and Poland on historical issues”.
Kyiv says it “flies in the face of the spirit of good neighbourly relations”.
“In Germany, too little is known about the scale of the crimes committed by Germans against millions of Poles,” says the German culture minister.
One of them was a 12-year-old girl who died after being beaten by a guard.
The ordnance has now been safely removed without harm to either animals or humans.
The Home Army is believed by many historians to have been the largest underground force in German-occupied Europe.
The work will take place at a mass grave in a former Polish village located in what is now western Ukraine.
The issue has long been a source of tension between the two neighbours and allies.
Daniel Tilles
Ernest Wilimowski’s story is one of glory, betrayal and the upheaval of Central Europe’s tragic 20th century.
It is likely to have been destroyed and buried by retreating German forces at the end of the war.
Ukraine has indicated there are “no obstacles” to exhumations taking place and that it will “positively consider” requests.