The Polish consulate in Switzerland issued fake Latin American documents to help recipients survive under German occupation.
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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.
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Poland ends criminal investigation into human remains found at Hitler’s “Wolf’s Lair”
The remains of four people – one of them a child – were found in February beneath a residence used by Herman Goering.
Polish midwife who delivered 3,000 babies at Auschwitz moves closer to recognition by church
Stanisława Leszczyńska sought to ensure that mothers and babies were properly cared for amid the brutal conditions in the camp.
“Germans have memory gaps” regarding Polish suffering in WW2, says Poland’s foreign minister
Radosław Sikorski repeated called for Berlin to find a way to compensate Poland for the losses it suffered during the war.
New Polish government calls on Germany to “think creatively” about WWII compensation
But Warsaw also pledged to to “end the cold war” waged by the former government against the EU and Germany.
Remains of German WWII plane found in Poland
The find includes human remains and personal items of the pilots, with efforts now underway to find their families.
Collaboration in context: the complex legacy of Poland’s WW2 “Blue Police”
Filip Mazurczak
Historians have unearthed a growing body of evidence pointing to war crimes by some of its members.
Remains of 100 people found in mass graves near former German Nazi camp in Poland
The victims were prisoners of war held in the camp as well as Polish civilians deported there following the Warsaw Uprising.
Unexploded WW2 shells found in Polish church wall
Two artillery shells, a grenade and a bullet were found lodged in walls at a church in southern Poland.
Congressman calls for US to support Poland’s war reparations claim against Germany
“It cannot stand that Poland, the country that suffered the most under Nazi Germany, should be one of the least compensated.”
Polish town that was first to be attacked in WWII calls for reparations from Germany
“We have every right to demand that Germany unambiguously takes moral, political, historical and legal responsibility for the losses.”
German unveils plans for Berlin centre commemorating Poland’s WW2 victims
We Germans, and that includes me, still have a lot to learn,” said Claudia Roth, the federal commissioner for culture and media.
Excavation of mystery railway at former German Nazi HQ amid hope of finding lost Amber Room
The tracks were discovered at the wartime headquarters of Nazi Germany’s military high command, located in what is now Poland.
