Historia

Holocaust survivor Yisrael Kristal, who last year was recognised by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living man, died in Israel on Friday, aged 113, local news media reports said.more

Poland, who suffered the most from German occupation, received only 2 percent of total war reparations - it was reveald.more

A member of a Co Cork group campaigning to change street names to reflect national history has said young Irish people need to stop mimicking Americans and respect their own culture. The English Market, Victoria Road and Marlboro Street are just some of the street names in the sights of the Cork Street Names Group.more

A medieval soldier haunts Clonony Castle, the former home of Anne Boleyn's family in Co Offaly, its owner has claimed. Former American ballerina Rebecca Armstrong said she saw him for the first time last year.more

Every August 1st, everyone in Warsaw stands still for a full minute to remember 200,000 victims of Warsaw Uprising. The Warsaw Uprising began on August 1, 1944. For the next 63 days, Poland's army fought the Nazis, trying to liberate their capital. more

Organizatorzy głośnej akcji "German Death Camps" po raz kolejny zamierzają przypomnieć światu, że obozy koncentracyjne i zagłady na terenie okupowanej Polski były niemieckie. Trwają prace nad specjalnym filmem w trzech językach i zbiórka pieniędzy na jego realizację.more

A mud soldier sculpture has been unveiled in London to commentate the centenary of the battle of Passchendaele, where thousands of Australian soldiers lost their lives in the deadliest battle of the First World War.more

78 years ago, 25th of July 25, 1939, Polish intelligence passed the code of German Enigma encryption machine to French and British allies. Work on breaking the "Enigma" versions was continued at the British resort of Bletchley Park. According to historians, breaking the code has shortened World War II by 2-3 years.more

Presidential Minister Adam Kwiatkowski handed over to the British Orders of Merit of the Republic of Poland two days ago in the British Army's Commitment to celebrate the anniversary of the defense of the city of Cowes on the Isle of Wight by Polish ship ORP Blyskawica in May 1942.more

Archeologists, who are working at a large burial site in north Iceland, announced that they had discovered the remains of a ship burial dating back to the Viking age. A wealthy chieftain seems to have been buried in one of his boats along with some of his worldly possessions, including a sword and his dog. more

Prince Charles, Prince William and Prince Harry have tweeted a remarkable series of highly personal photographs to mark Fathers' Day.more

A fourth private expedition departed yesterday in search of the wreck of the ORP "Eagle" warship lost in May 1940. Within three weeks the search team intends to investigate approximately 1 350 square kilometers of North Sea bottoms.more

She was a glamorous countess and British spy whose extraordinary wartime heroics included skiing out of Nazi-occupied Poland with the first evidence of Operation Barbarossa - the Nazi plans to invade Soviet Russia.more

More than 200 people took part in the special London preview of 'The Zookeeper's Wife' yesterday. more

The ship has arrived at the Isle of Wight to help commemorate the 75th anniversary of air raids during World War Two.more

About 50,000 people in Hannover have been ordered to leave their homes while experts defuse five suspected World War Two bombs.more

The inhabitants and authorities of the town of Cowes on the Isle of Wight on the south coast of England began Saturday's two-day celebrations on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Luftwaffe's attack, in which the Polish battleship ORP Blyskawica played a particularly important role.more

Polonia organizations in more than 30 British cities celebrate the Polish Heritage Days weekend. A number of events have been organized that highlight the contribution of Poles to the society, culture and economy of Great Britain.more

A monument commemorating the Polish crew of the Vickers Wellington bomber, shot down by a German fighter in May 1941, was unveiled in the Dutch Oudemirdum. Wreck of the aircraft was recovered in 2016 and brought out of the water by a Dutch research group.more

226-year-old English copy of the May 3 Constitution will be showed in London today.more

Day of the Flag of Republic of Poland is a Polish feast introduced by the Act of February 20, 2004. more

The British Conservative Party MP Eric Pickles, commemorated the 74th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising yesterday by pinning a yellow daffodil in the suit. more

The world's oldest person has died in Italy at the age of 117, reports say.more

"Incredible artwork tribute to Polish Squadron that fought in the Battle of Britain & WW2," Police from Kent, in southeastern England, said.more

"What has happened over the years around the Smolensk disaster is still difficult to understand: why did it happen, why there are no protocols, notices of the basic events that took place there," - said Andrzej Duda on the 7th anniversary of the catastrophe.more