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Polish president honours Katyń victims at Warsaw memorial

20,000 Polish prisoners of war were executed by the NKVD Soviet secret police in the forests near Katyń, western Russia in the spring of 1940.  see more
History Fri, 17:06
Pope John Paul II during one of his pilgrimages to Poland. Photo: PAP arch./PAI/Wojciech Kryński

Poles, Catholics mark 15th anniversary of JPII passing away

Polish-born Pope, John Paul II, died on April 2, 2005, after a long struggle with illness.  see more
History Thu, 08:54
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75 years ago Soviets arrested Polish Underground State leaders

The leaders were arrested, sent to Moscow and put in a staged trial known as the Trail of the Sixteen that resulted in sentences of varying severity.  see more
History 27.03.2020
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Poland commemorates National Day of Remembrance of Poles Rescuing Jews

Poles are the most numerous national group of people who saved Jews during WWII.  see more
History 24.03.2020
Photo: Twitter/Jakub Kumoch

Second part of Eiss Archive officially in Poland

The authenticity of the documents has been confirmed by the Auschwitz Museum.  see more
History 23.03.2020
Photo: Nadleśnictwo Olsztynek

WWII era Soviet Army tank wreckage found in northern Poland

Initial findings showed that this particular tank, serving under the 29th Corps of the Soviet 5th Tank Army, was destroyed in January 1945.  see more
History 13.03.2020
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‘Ładoś List’ premieres in Germany

A permanent exhibition to commemorate the Ładoś Group on the historical site of the Polish Legation in Bern has been inaugurated.  see more
History 11.03.2020
Photo: PAP/A. Niwiński

3,500-year-old box with Pharaoh name on it found in Egypt

Polish archaeologists’ discovery makes them think they are close to finding Thutmose II’s tomb.  see more
History 10.03.2020
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March ‘68 - why communists expelled Jews from Poland?

Poland IN takes you inside the historical storm of Polish March 1968 and the confrontation of the communist regime with Polish Jews and academia.  see more
History 8.03.2020
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Anna Walentynowicz one of most influential women of past century: Time

A Polish welder and crane operator in 1980, Walentynowicz became a symbol of the Solidarity Movement that brought an end to communism in Poland.  see more
History 6.03.2020
Photo: PAP/Marcin Obara

New website commemorating Katyn Massacre launched

In the spring of 1940, the Soviets executed about 22,000 Polish citizens detained in camps and prisons on Soviet Union territory.  see more
History 5.03.2020