The claims echo Vladimir Putin’s longstanding revisionist narrative about the war.
The claims echo Vladimir Putin’s longstanding revisionist narrative about the war.
The idea has been discussed for years, and was previously approved by the Bundestag in 2020.
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The diamond ring belonged to 16th-century Polish King Sigismund I.
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.