Kyiv says it “flies in the face of the spirit of good neighbourly relations”.
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Polish museum launches app for youth to record untold WWII stories
“Among us, there are still those who remember the war. Only our joint effort will save these memories,” said the Warsaw Rising Museum.
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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.
German archive returns items to families of Polish victims of concentration camps
The objects, which included watches, jewellery, wedding rings, letters and photographs, were handed over at a ceremony in Warsaw.
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.
Defence minister criticises removal of Polish wartime heroes at WW2 museum
“Captain Witold Pilecki, Father Maksymilian Kolbe and the Ulma family should be restored immediately,” says Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.
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.
