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1944

Warsaw Uprising anniversary commemorated in Polish capital

President Andrzej Duda took part in anniversary commemorations in Warsaw's Wola district. Paweł Supernak/PAP

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.

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.

The voice of a generation: tragic poet Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński named as patron of 2021

Shot dead by a sniper at the age of 23, Baczyński was part of a clutch of poets and creatives that formed the Kolumb Generation.

Internet users come to aid of Uprising hero after crooks swindled him out of life savings

After ruthless conmen posing as roofing contractors walked off with PLN 10,000 that Bogusław Czarmiński had saved to repair his roof in time for the winter cold the BohaterON organisation swung into action.

BBC presents programme on only black insurgent in 1944 Warsaw Uprising

BBC, on Saturday, presented a programme about August Agboola Browne, a Nigeria-born jazz musician, thought to have been the only black participant in the Polish defence war in September 1939 and the only black participant in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising.

Presidential couple pay tribute to fallen Polish troops at Monte Cassino

Polish President Andrzej Duda and his wife Agata Kornhauser-Duda laid flowers on Thursday at the Polish Military Cemetery at Monte Cassino in southern Italy, the site of a 1944 battle in which Polish forces played a key role.

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‘I survived but am haunted by the memories’: Warsaw Uprising survivor talks exclusively to TFN

On the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising, Bogusław Górakowski who cheated death more than once, saw with his own eyes the murderous cruelty of the Germans and endured the misery of expulsion from the city and the horror of the transit camps, opens up after decades of silence.

Polish, German foreign ministers lay wreaths at commemorative monument

Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz and his German counterpart Heiko Maas laid wreaths on Thursday at a monument in Warsaw commemorating the 'Wola Slaughter,' a massacre of civilians committed by Nazi German forces during the Warsaw Uprising.

Polish artist's depiction of the liberation of Breda wins competition

An artwork project by Wroclaw (southern Poland) resident Tomasz Tomaszewski has won a competition for a sculpture or installation commemorating the liberation of Breda, the Netherlands, by the 1st Armored Division lead by General Stanisław Maczek in 1944.

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