It is the first time that Poland has returned historical objects following a request from a foreign country under Polish restitution law.
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Ukraine permits further searches for Polish victims of WWII massacres
The searches will take place in the former village of Huta Pieniacka, where around 850 Poles were killed by Ukrainians on on 28 February 1944.
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Anger in Warsaw over Ukraine appointing minister who denied wartime massacre of Poles
“There is no way we can accept politicians who introduce the Banderite narrative into the public sphere,” says an aide to President Andrzej Duda.
Son of Polish officer who led resistance in Auschwitz seeks €5.5 million compensation for his execution
Witold Pilecki deliberately had himself imprisoned at Auschwitz to organise resistance and gather intelligence there.
Every Polish citizen should receive war reparations from Germany, says official overseeing claim
“I believe the German chancellor will come to his senses” but, if not, “they’ll have a problem”, says Poland’s incoming deputy foreign minister.
Thousands evacuated in Polish city after half-tonne WWII bomb discovered
Army sappers were called in to remove the device and safely detonate it at a military training ground
Poland issues diplomatic note to Germany seeking war reparations
Reparations “will allow Polish-German relations to be based on justice and truth and will lead to the closing of painful chapters in the past”, says Poland.
Wreckage of WWII American bomber found in lagoon on Polish coast
The wreckage of the B-17 Flying Fortress may contain the remains of three crew whose bodies were never recovered.
Poland launches campaign to regain looted art from Russia
Hundreds of thousands of works of art and other cultural items remain missing after disappearing during the war.
Polish opposition wants war reparations from Russia as well as Germany
The “then allied Germany and USSR” oversaw “occupation, systematic genocide and mass deportations of Polish citizens”, says KO.
WWII “history is repeating itself” in Ukraine, warns Poland on anniversary of Nazi German invasion
“Imperial evil has been reborn. And part of Europe still does not draw conclusions from the tragedy of the war,” said Poland’s defence minister.
Secret Hitler speech outlining planned WW2 genocide of Poles genuine, say German historian
Ten days before invading Poland, Hitler outlined his war aims for the “physical destruction” of “Polish men, women and children”.
Ashes of 8,000 victims found near former Nazi-German camp in Poland
Over 17 tonnes of ashes were discovered in two mass graves, where the Nazis had sought to hide evidence of their crimes by burning the bodies.
Russia’s war offers chance for Poland and Ukraine to reconcile over WWII massacre, says Polish PM
Around 100,000 Poles were killed in an ethnic cleansing operation led by Ukrainian nationalists between 1943 and 1945.
