The claims echo Vladimir Putin’s longstanding revisionist narrative about the war.
WWII
New documents raise questions about African immigrant who became a Polish WWII hero
Nicholas Boston
August Browne was believed to have fought in the Warsaw Uprising, but that claim is now in doubt.
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Poland marks 75th anniversary of “Europe’s last pogrom” of Jews in Kielce
More than 40 were killed following rumours Jews had kidnapped a Christian child.
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.
Polish family who saved future Israeli ambassador from Holocaust found seven decades later
The family’s existence was discovered by chance in an old photo album.
“Baby doom”: Poland records one of EU’s lowest fertility rates
An average of 1.44 children are born per woman in Poland, below the EU average of 1.53.
Polish toymaker withdraws Nazi models following US criticism
The firm’s boss has also apologised.
One in five Poles glad WWII led to fewer Jews in Poland, finds study
The survey revealed that certain antisemitic stereotypes remain common in Poland.
Contents of police chest buried for 75 years after German invasion of Poland restored
The wartime chest was discovered accidentally in a field, 75 years after it had been buried.
“Symbol of a brighter future”? Three views on Germany’s memorial to Polish victims of WWII
Kate Martyr
The Bundestag has approved a memorial in Berlin.
German parliament approves memorial in Berlin for Polish WW2 victims
Every party in the Bundestag apart from the AfD voted in favour.
Roman Polański honours Polish family who saved him from the Holocaust
“She provided me with shelter, putting her own life and that of her family in danger,” said the director.
