Bełżec

President marks 80th anniversary of first mass deportations of Jews

“Generations pass, but memory endures. The Museum–Memorial Site in Bełżec (pictured) presents evidence of the crime, items that once belonged to the victims, and above all the names, surnames and photographs of those murdered by the Germans,” Duda wrote. Wojtek Jargiło/PAP

Andrzej Duda, the president of Poland, in a letter on Wednesday commemorated the 80th anniversary of the deportation of Jews during Aktion Reinhardt.

Secret WWII radio disguised as an ELECTRIC STOVE found under Warsaw apartment floorboards

Disguised as an electric stove, the Phillips radio was discovered under a removable floor tile below an old wardrobe at the address used by legendary underground courier Jan Karski.

Zamość: Shortlisted as one of the seven wonders of Poland

The renaissance pearl that is the Old Town remains as striking and fresh as the day it was finished: a place of colonnaded passageways and shaded, leafy courtyards, it all leads to a mesmerizing square that stops you in your tracks.

“At night, bring a gun”: the ghoulish wartime guide to the General Government region

Baedeker’s sinister travel guide has been described as “one of the most extraordinary documents in the history of both travel literature and WWII”.

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