Historia

Hundreds of people turned out for the funeral of a World War Two veteran who had no surviving relatives.more

"That Witold Pilecki will become a globally recognized figure as one of the greatest heroes of World War II is only a matter of time," emphasizes the author of his biography, British writer Jack Fairweather.more

Yad Vashem has apologized for presenting content that "distorted" historical facts at the World Holocaust Forum, held at the Jerusalem memorial museum last month, which presented the Soviet Union as nearly the sole victor over Nazi Germany.more

Cases of collaborating Poles during the Second World War with the Nazis did occur, but they were not representative of the entire nation, the Polish Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Arkady Rzegocki, wrote in the newspaper "Jewish News" published in London.more

"Of the six million Jews - victims of the Holocaust, three million are Jews who are Polish citizens. In this context, the claims that Poland is rewriting history are groundless," the Polish embassy replied to the accusations of the Mayor of London of Poland's historical revisionism.more

60 percent of Polish respondents believe that Germany should pay Poland compensation for World War II, according to the latest Pollster Research Institute survey for "Super Express".more

The Pilecki Institute has published a list of 3,262 names of Jews who were in possession of so called 'Ładoś passports', named after the Polish ambassador to Switzerland in 1940-45.more

Poland is winning a history dispute with Russia; Warsaw has received tremendous support in this dispute, including from Western diplomats and the European Union - assessed former US ambassador to Poland Daniel Fried.more

The former war reporter Jack Fairweather has won the Costa book of the year award for The Volunteer, his biography of a Polish resistance fighter who voluntarily entered Auschwitz in order to reveal its horrors to the world.more

US President Donald Trump on Monday sent Polish President Andrzej Duda the "Proclamation On National Day Of Remembrance Of The 75th Anniversary Of The Liberation Of Auschwitz."more

Yesterday, on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust and on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz camp, the London premiere was a monodrama about the life of Jan Karski, a courier of the Polish Underground State, who gave the Allies information about German crimes in occupied Poland.more

Prince William and Kate Middleton honour the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis as they mark the 75th anniversary of Auschwitz-Birkenau liberation on Holocaust Memorial Day in London.more

In connection with the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the German Auschwitz concentration camp, the Washington Post recalled the figure of Witold Pilecki. "A Polish hero, a volunteer to Auschwitz, warned the world about the Nazi death machine," we read.more

More than 200 survivors are to gather at the former Nazi extermination camp of Auschwitz, many probably for the final time, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of its liberation, "The Guardian" reminds.more

The memory of the Auschwitz camp is personally important or very important for 94 percent. Poles - results from research carried out by Kantar on behalf of prof. Marek Kucia from the Jagiellonian University.more

Roger Scruton played an important, direct role in the democratic transformation of Central and Eastern Europe - he pointed out on the occasion of the funeral of the British philosopher, which took place on Friday, the Polish ambassador to the United Kingdom Arkady Rzegocki.more

Poles have been informing the Allies about the situation in German extermination camps in occupied Poland since 1941 - this is one of the theses of the film "Auschwitz Report", which was organized by the Institute of National Remembrance in Warsaw. Krzysztof Brożek's film presents documents from British archives.more

"The Washington Post" publishes on Wednesday two materials devoted to untying the history of World War II. "There is no grain of truth in Poland's accusations that her cooperation with Hitler led to the outbreak of war," writes British historian Roger Moorhouse.more

The British MP of Polish descent Daniel Kawczynski announced on Thursday to speak on behalf of British citizens of Polish and Polish-Jewish origin who survived World War II with private lawsuits against Germany regarding damages.more

Vladimir Putin claimed that 40 per cent of the victims of the Holocaust were Soviet as international tensions overshadowed commemorations in Israel marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.more

"I do not understand why the President of the Republic of Poland (Andrzej Duda) does not speak in Yad Vashem. Poland has never collaborated with Germany, and France - yes" - said Janusz Konorski, a Frenchman of Polish-Jewish descent, saved during the Holocaust by a Polish family.more

This astonishing account of Witold Pilecki, a member of the Warsaw resistance who tried to incite rebellion in the camps, won the Costa biography award, "The Guardian" reports.more

97 percent of Britons described Poland and its inhabitants as victims of World War II, according to the survey coordinated by the United Surveys research agency.more

An exhibition honouring Jan Karski, a Polish Home Army (AK) soldier and a courier for the wartime Polish Underground State during WWII, who informed the Allies about the Holocaust, opened in Rome on Tuesday.more

Polish President Andrzej Duda declines invitation to join Holocaust ceremony in Israel with Russian leader.more