“After more than 80 years, families are receiving the answer they have awaited for generations,” says Poland’s culture minister.
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Poland marks 85th anniversary of WWII Jedwabne pogrom of Jews amid far-right protests
Hundreds of Jews were killed by their Polish neighbours under the watch of the Nazi-German occupiers.
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Two men hospitalised in Poland after drunkenly exploding WWII artillery shell in apartment
The owner of the apartment said he had found the artillery shell in the forest years ago and brought it home.
Tombstone of Polish WWII exiled leader Władysław Sikorski transferred from UK to Poland
The item will become part of the collection of the Polish History Museum in Warsaw.
Ukraine criticises proposed law banning promotion of Ukrainian nationalist ideology in Poland
Ukraine “will be forced to take retaliatory measures” if the bill is passed, they warn.
Poland recovers four further items looted during WWII
The culture ministry’s public database of lost works still contains around 70,000 items.
Germany rebuffs Polish president’s demand for war reparations on Berlin visit
“From a German perspective, this issue has been legally resolved,” said the German president’s spokeswoman.
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.
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.
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.
Auschwitz Museum launches educational material on homosexuals imprisoned at the camp
“The aim is to shed light on the history of one of the lesser-known victim groups of Auschwitz,” says the museum.
