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Harrowing exhibition examines perpetrator behind one of the Warsaw Uprising’s most notorious massacres

Coinciding with the 78th anniversary of the Wola Massacre, a new exhibition organised by the Warsaw Rising Museum has opened examining the role of its primary perpetrator, Heinz Reinefarth (insert), and his subsequent escape from justice. Landesarchiv Schleswig-Holstein/ Public domain

Coinciding with the 78th anniversary of the Wola Massacre, a new exhibition organised by the Warsaw Rising Museum has opened examining the role of its primary perpetrator, Heinz Reinefarth, and his subsequent escape from justice.

Foreign Intelligence Service reveals original 1930s Enigma machine

Dating from 1937, the machine with the model number A7874 was used by the Third Reich’s military and special forces and would have been the same model the Polish cryptologists faced when working on trying to break the infamous code.

PM commends Warsaw Uprising anniversary

Poland's prime minister on Monday paid tribute to the 1944 Warsaw Uprising against the Germans, whose 78th anniversary fells on August 1.

Polish capital pays tribute to 1944 heroic act of resistance

Sirens wailed throughout Warsaw at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, the exact time of the August 1, 1944, outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising against the city's Nazi German invaders, to mark the revolt's 78th anniversary.

Surviving Warsaw Uprising insurgents honoured in series of moving posters by contemporary artist Wojciech Korkuć

United by the slogan ‘Honour and Glory to the Heroes’ the series is divided into two types of posters - one depicting colourised photos showing scenes from 78 years ago, while the second group are portraits of living insurgents holding their own wartime photographs.

Warsaw Uprising anniversary commemorated in Polish capital

Ceremonies at the memorial to the 1944 Warsaw Uprising insurgents who fought in the Mokotow district of the Polish capital commenced Monday's observances marking the 78th anniversary of the city's revolt against its Nazi-German occupants.

WWII hero robbed of savings and medals receives over £20,000 from kind-hearted fundraisers

Following wide-spread media coverage in both Poland and the UK, communities from both countries came together to raise a whopping £22,460.

Fascinating now-and-then photomontages show war-torn Warsaw of 1944 Uprising juxtaposed with today’s vibrant capital

Using a mobile app to calculate the exact time a picture was originally shot, the complex process involved Marcin Dziedzic having to account for weather, light and angles before being able to successfully overlap the parallel worlds of then and now.

Warsaw WWII losses estimated at over EUR 80 bln

WWII material losses sustained by Warsaw have been estimated at over PLN 380 billion (EUR 80.8 billion), a ruling party MP has told PAP.

Germany says it's responsible for WWII crimes in Poland

On the eve of the 78th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising, the German Foreign Ministry admitted that Germany is responsible for World War Two crimes in Poland.

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