Its Danish owners agreeing to hand the work back to Poland after learning its provenance.
Its Danish owners agreeing to hand the work back to Poland after learning its provenance.
Michael Smuss passed away, aged 99, at a care home in Israel.
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A trove of over 400 items, most likely hidden by Jews during World War Two, has been discovered during the renovation of a historical building in the Polish city of Łódź. The objects, mostly silver-plated household items, will now be transferred to a local museum....
“According to the German government, the matter of reparations and compensation for war losses remains closed,” says Poland’s foreign ministry.
Józef Ulma, his pregnant wife Wiktoria, and their six children were executed by the Germans for sheltering eight Jews.
Witold Pilecki deliberately had himself imprisoned at Auschwitz to organise resistance and gather intelligence there.
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.
Poland’s state historical body, the IPN, last year appealed for help identifying the woman in the 1943 photograph.
Aleksandra Janiszewska-Cardone
Bernardo Bellotto, also known as Canaletto, painted detailed views of Warsaw which were crucial in the rebuilding process.
The wreckage of the B-17 Flying Fortress may contain the remains of three crew whose bodies were never recovered.
The “then allied Germany and USSR” oversaw “occupation, systematic genocide and mass deportations of Polish citizens”, says KO.
Mateusz Piątkowski
Why is Poland demanding reparations, does it have a valid legal case, and what will happen next?
Jarosław Kaczyński also welcomed Israel to join Poland’s claim, as Polish Jews made up a large proportion of those killed.
The radio was used by the underground resistance to listen to foreign broadcasts.