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Time capsule buried under bridge by King Frederick William IV discovered after 168 years

The heavy brass time capsule weighing around 6-7 kilos and measuring 15cm tall was placed under the foundation stone, which was symbolically laid on 27 July that year by the Prussian king Frederick William IV. Most Tczewski/Facebook

It is thought that the capsule laid under the 19th century bridge in Tczew along with a commemorative plaque to mark its opening could contain valuables belonging to the king.

Tip off leads art detectives to priceless looted art hanging on wall of prestigious Berlin museum

Stolen by marauding Germans during WWII, smuggled to the USSR by the Red Army and then gifted to East Germany in the 50s, Pieter de Ring’s 17th century oil on canvass has now been discovered in Berlin’s Gemäldegalerie.

Yellow flowers of spring - and of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Symbolizing rebirth and new beginnings, daffodils have become synonymous with the beginning of spring. But in Poland, they have yet another meaning - the commemoration of the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

‘We knew we couldn’t win. We fought so we could die with dignity.’ Harrowing words of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising survivor a powerful reminder of heroism in adversity on 76th anniversary of doomed resistance

The awareness that the Germans were striving for the total extermination of Jews changed the character of Jewish resistance. Under no illusions about what the Germans were planning to do to them, ghetto residents began to build tunnels, bunkers and shelters. In total, about a thousand poorly armed insurgents took part in the fighting. Set against them were more than two thousand Wehrmacht, SS and Ukrainian, Lithuanian and Latvian auxiliary units with armoured vehicles and artillery.

Diplomat who used fake passports to save hundreds of Jews during WWII named Righteous Among the Nations

Konstanty Rokicki was a consul in Bern, Switzerland, where together with other Polish diplomats who called themselves the Bern Group they prepared passports for those in danger of deportation to get them out of Europe, mainly to Paraguay, but also Honduras, Peru, Salvador, Bolivia and Haiti.

Thrilling new WWII game based on blockbuster film Courier tests players’ cunning, nerves and patience

Taking on secret missions, players make their way across occupied Europe, evading German troops to deliver as many intelligence reports and documents as possible without getting caught.

Grave business: Conservationists find king’s remains exposed under broken coffin lid as they open up sarcophagus for first time in 100 years

The discovery has created a unique opportunity for experts to carry out archaeological and anthropological research on king Augustus II the Strong’s remains. The two other coffins belonging to Władysław IV and Queen Cecylia Renata will undergo careful restoration work.

Secret documents revealing last days of WWII resistance found hidden in family attic where Auschwitz beast lived

The documents which date from January to October 1945 and include hand-drawn maps, intelligence briefings and instructions on how to deal with the advancing Red Army have been called historically important.

Code War: new exhibition lifts the lid on the secret world of code breaking and clandestine communications

The exhibition covers over a 100 years of machinery and devices that helped win wars, helped spies and undermine communism.

Powerful unseen amateur film depicting horrors of the Warsaw Ghetto appears in new documentary

Filmed by champion motorcycle racer Alfons Ziółkowski, the 8mm film records the growing horror of the largest ghetto in German-occupied Europe.

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