The owner of the apartment said he had found the artillery shell in the forest years ago and brought it home.
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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.
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UN adds Polish amendments to new Holocaust denial resolution
Among the changes proposed by Poland is the rejection of attempts to blame other nations for German Nazi crimes.
Controversy over memorial to Pole killed for helping Jews near Nazi death camp
A historian says it is part of efforts to obscure “Polish complicity in the Holocaust” but a deputy minister accuses him of spreading “fake news”.
Poland renews push for war reparations amid signs new German coalition may be more amenable
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki confirmed the formation of a state Institute of War Losses.
Poland to create War Losses Institute to push for German WWII reparations
The head of a parliamentary commission on war losses has previously suggested Germany could owe $850 billion.
Award-winning Polish director takes on WWII pogrom of Jews in latest film
Nicholas Hodge
Unlike previous directors, Wojciech Smarzowski depicts the massacre directly.
Holocaust scholars win appeal against Polish court ruling ordering them to apologise
“Interference in academic research” is not the role of a court, said the judge.
US and Israel condemn property restitution bill passed by Polish parliament
Jewish groups argue that the legislation would particularly impact Holocaust survivors.
Son of Auschwitz survivor takes Germany to human rights court over “Polish death camps” claim
Germany’s highest court refused to enforce a Polish ruling.
Belarus declares national holiday marking Soviet invasion of Poland
The date “symbolises historical justice and reunification of the Belarusian nation”, says President Lukashenko’s office.
Church bell hidden from Nazis in occupied Poland dug up 80 years later
A monk ordered it to be hidden when the Germans began seizing bells to melt them down for metal.
Mural honours “forgotten” female fighters on Warsaw Ghetto Uprising anniversary
A number of events were held to mark the largest Jewish act of resistance during the Holocaust.
Polish toymaker withdraws Nazi models following US criticism
The firm’s boss has also apologised.
