Wojciech Konończuk
Poland has paid more for the maintenance of former camps than Germany has ever given to Polish WWII victims.
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Poland hindered Soviet efforts to prevent WWII, claims head of Russian state archives
The claims echo Vladimir Putin’s longstanding revisionist narrative about the war.
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Call for museum to honour deaf platoon that fought in Warsaw Uprising
The platoon, formed as the Institute for the Deaf in Warsaw, numbered 29 strong by the time of the uprising.
Polish museum criticised for exhibition on “Our Boys” who fought in Hitler’s army
Poland’s president and defence minister were among those to condemn the exhibition at Gdańsk city hall.
Poland calls on German museum to return Polish royal ring looted in WWII
The diamond ring belonged to 16th-century Polish King Sigismund I.
Ukraine and Poland grant each other consent for exhumations
Kyiv hailed the development as a further example of the “constructive work of Ukraine and Poland on historical issues”.
Ukraine criticises Polish plans for “day of remembrance for victims of genocide” by Ukrainian nationalists
Kyiv says it “flies in the face of the spirit of good neighbourly relations”.
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.
Temporary memorial to Polish victims of Nazi-German occupation to be unveiled in Berlin
“In Germany, too little is known about the scale of the crimes committed by Germans against millions of Poles,” says the German culture minister.
Remains of victims of German Nazi concentration camp for Polish children discovered
One of them was a 12-year-old girl who died after being beaten by a guard.
Wild boars dig up 21 unexploded WWII mortar shells in Poland
The ordnance has now been safely removed without harm to either animals or humans.
Poland declares new holiday honouring WW2 underground resistance Home Army
The Home Army is believed by many historians to have been the largest underground force in German-occupied Europe.
Poland confirms details of exhumation of Poles massacred by Ukrainians in WWII
The work will take place at a mass grave in a former Polish village located in what is now western Ukraine.
Poland announces “breakthrough” on exhumation of WW2 massacre victims in Ukraine
The issue has long been a source of tension between the two neighbours and allies.
