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Over 150 Jewish gravestones pillaged by Hitler’s troops to build a road found buried under small town market square

The gravestones were laid during Nazi-Germany’s WII occupation to harden the road surface. Ireneusz Stefański - Burmistrz Leżajska/Facebook

The grim discovery by construction workers in the town of Leżajsk, southern Poland, has been described as one of the largest in recent times, with many of the ‘matzevot’ retaining their original colours and painted lettering.

What lies beneath: cave and tunnel network discovered under castle

Discovery adds to the mystery and legends surrounding Castle Olsztyn.

Hundreds of arrowheads and crossbow bolts found in forest could be from Casimir the Great battle field

Hundreds of arrowheads and crossbow bolts from a major 14th century battle with King Casimir the Great have been found in a forest in Sanok.

Search launched for lost Viking cemetery

Using ground-penetrating radar to try and identify the site, archaeologists say the likelihood of finding skeletons was high.

Face of ‘500-year-old man’ REBUILT using 3D technology

After discovering the man’s remains in the lost village of Dzwonowo, working from just the man’s skull anthropologists painstakingly reconstructed his face.

Treasure trove of WWII silver found in ruins of 14th century castle

The find which includes precious goblets, vases, tableware and cutlery is thought to have belonged to Jewish families before the war and may have been stolen from them by occupying German forces.

How biz-tsar! Is silver ‘vodka vessel’ found in field that of Russian Tsar?

Archaeologists digging for a WWII plane near Szczecin stumbled upon the 130-year-old object which bears the hallmarks of the Grachev Brothers who were purveyor to the Russian Imperial Court and granted the ‘Imperial Warrant’ making them direct suppliers to Tsar Alexander III.

Wolfing it down: Ice Age hunters tucked into wolf meat, researchers find

Analysis of ancient wolf bones by Polish and Czech scientists reveals cut marks.

Site of mass WWII killings known as Death Valley to be exhumed after researchers discover remains

Over 1,000 men, women and children were slaughtered in an area on the outskirts of the town of Chojnice in north Poland by Hitler’s executioners who later burned the bodies in ditches.

Farmer unearths unbelievable Roman coin haul

One of the largest ever hauls of treasure from the Roman period to be found in Poland and the largest ever in the Lublin region has been uncovered in Hrubieszów near Lublin.

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Art & Culture

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The picture book which was first published in Polish in 2017 as ‘Zagubiona dusza’ has now been translated into English under the title ‘The Lost Soul’.

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‘I grew up in death camp house’: Extraordinary story of women born in Auschwitz and who has lived there ever since

Once asked to draw the view from her bedroom window for homework, Anna Odi couldn’t decide whether to draw the crematorium or the gallows where Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess was executed. She told TFN: “I think I am a hostage to the stories of people who experienced this hell. I am continuing what my parents started, to be a witness. Like my parents, I owe it to the victims.”

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