Kyiv says it “flies in the face of the spirit of good neighbourly relations”.
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Fifteenth-century book looted in WW2 returned to Polish museum after turning up at auction
The collection of religious texts, published in the late 1400s, includes works by Thomas Aquinas, Bonaventure, and Nicholas of Błonie.
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The Polish town 97% destroyed in WWII which then rose from the ashes
Filip Mazurczak
No Polish town – and probably none anywhere in Europe – suffered more destruction than Jasło.
US Holocaust Museum adds names of 3,000 Jews helped by Polish diplomats to database
The Polish consulate in Switzerland issued fake Latin American documents to help recipients survive under German occupation.
Poland and Ukraine announce “progress” on exhumation of WWII massacre victims
Ukraine has indicated there are “no obstacles” to exhumations taking place and that it will “positively consider” requests.
Wreck of Polish navy ship sunk at start of WWII found on riverbed
The ship may have been deliberately sunk by Poland in 1939 to prevent it from falling into the hands of the invading Nazi-German forces.
Poland identifies remains of 17 victims of Nazi-German occupation and postwar communist regime
Identification documents for the victims were handed to members of their families at a presidential palace.
European Parliament rejects call for Ukraine to apologise over WW2 massacres of Poles
The idea caused disagreement among Polish MEPs, with right-wing politicians criticising left-wing ones for voting against it.
Poland holds state funeral for 700 WWII victims executed by Germany in “Valley of Death”
Over a tonne of human bones were found, with most of the victims still unidentified.
Gaps in Germans’ knowledge of WWII Nazi crimes, finds Polish study
Almost 60% of Germans wrongly believe the primary victims of the Holocaust were German Jews.
Poland plans remembrance day for people with mental disorders murdered by Nazi Germany
Those murders “initiated the genocidal crimes of the Third Reich” but “are not widely known”.
Germany pledges support for Polish WW2 victims and help bolstering eastern NATO flank
In both cases, Olaf Scholz did not provide details of what these measures would involve in practice.
Dutch club honours Polish WW2 liberators with shirts featuring names of fallen soldiers
The Polish 1st Armoured Division helped to liberate Breda from German occupation 80 years ago.
German government approves memorial in Berlin for Polish WWII victims
The suffering of Poles under German-Nazi occupation is “still not well known” among Germans today, says the government.
