The Auschwitz Museum was among the wide range of Polish officials and institutions to criticise Yad Vashem’s post.
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New US ambassador condemns “grotesque falsehood” that Poles responsible for Holocaust
Thomas Rose, also said Poland is today “the safest country in Europe for a Jew to walk the streets”.
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Almost 14,000 evacuated in Polish city after unexploded WWII bomb found
The bomb, which was found during construction of a housing development, has now been safely removed by army sappers.
Excavation of mystery railway at former German Nazi HQ amid hope of finding lost Amber Room
The tracks were discovered at the wartime headquarters of Nazi Germany’s military high command, located in what is now Poland.
Statue of Polish wartime leader Sikorski unveiled in UK
The memorial was revealed on the 80th anniversary of Władysław Sikorski’s death in a plane crash that remains unexplained.
Don’t open “Pandora’s box” of WWII reparations, German ambassador warns Poland
Thomas Bagger also admitted that Germany’s support for the Nord Stream pipelines was a “mistake”.
Poland should pay Russia $750bn for WW2 “liberation”, says chairman of State Duma
Vyacheslav Volodin also said that “Poland must return” lands that it received as part of the postwar settlement.
Ukraine criticises Poland’s call for Zelensky to apologise for WWII massacres
In now-deleted tweets, Ukraine’s ambassador said it was “unacceptable” for Poland to tell Ukraine how to deal with its history.
Poland criticises Hungary’s top general for “distorting WWII history”
Hungary’s chief of general staff claimed WWII was a “local German-Polish war” that escalated due to a lack of peace efforts.
Poland marks anniversary of WWII massacre days after victims’ graves vandalised in Germany
Over 1,000 slave labourers – the largest number of whom were Poles – were burned alive in a barn in the German town of Gardelegen on 13 April 1945.
Jewish leaders condemn Polish coin honouring WWII partisan accused of murdering Jews
Józef Kuraś, known by his nom-de-guerre Ogień, is regarded by many as a national hero but has also been accused of war crimes.
Zelensky has promised Poland exhumations of WW2 massacre victims in Ukraine, says Polish PM
The Volhynia massacres saw Ukrainian nationalists kill tens of thousands of ethnic Polish civilians during World War Two.
Boy shoots 11-year-old sister with WW2 rifle he found in Polish forest
The boy told police that the shot which hit his sister was fired accidentally while he was cleaning the gun.
Spain returns historical paintings stolen from Poland during WWII
The artworks, dating from the 15th or 16th century, were stolen from Warsaw around the time of the city’s uprising against Nazi-German occupation.
