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Rare book given to Pope Francis by French president is NOT war loot

During a private audience, Macron gifted the head of the Church the first French edition of Immanuel Kant's late 18th-century book Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch which some believe may have been looted during WWII. Vatican

After launching an inquiry into the book’s origins, on Wednesday Poland’s culture minister Piotr Glinski said it had not been looted.

Poland investigating French president's present to Pope

The Polish Foreign Ministry has launched an inquiry into the history of a book presented to Pope Francis by Emmanuel Macron, the French president.

Macron accused of giving Pope book looted from Poland during WWII

During a private audience, Macron gifted the head of the Church the first French edition of Immanuel Kant's late 18th-century book Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch which some believe may have been looted during WWII.

True story of man who volunteered for Auschwitz to save his pregnant wife turned into haunting new book

Entitled Ocalona z Auschwitz [Saved from Auschwitz], award-winning author Nina Majewska-Brown said she was inspired to write the novelisation after being contacted by the couple’s granddaughter who wanted the story to reach a wider audience.

New chapter in ‘lost Jewish library mystery’ as books returned to Lublin from Berlin

The religious books come from the original collection in the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva which was once the largest Talmudic school in the world. The fate of the library is one of the biggest wartime mysteries of Lublin.

New book dubbed ‘a love letter to green Warsaw’ reveals some of the capital's greatest environmental treasures

Titled Zielona Warszawa, and authored by Warsaw enthusiast Agnieszka Kowalska, the book has been marketed as an ‘alternative guide’ to the city, and in this respect succeeds by spotlighting a string of lesser-known sights otherwise hidden from the public eye.

Praised by Nigella Lawson, English-language cookbook seeks to take pierogi to the British market

Titled simply ‘Pierogi - Over 50 Recipes to Create Perfect Polish Dumplings’, Nigella Lawson has praised it as “an utter joy”. Now, the author hopes pierogi will find their place in the conscience of the international foodie.

Warsaw illustrator’s delightful ‘Agent Fox’ becomes Icelandic hit

Coined by illustrator Weronika Lis, the adventures of her alter ego, Agent Fox, have become cult reading in the northern hemisphere following the publication of Agent Fox in Iceland, a comic book inspired by her two-years living in the country.

The Witch of Łódź: Harrowing new biography reveals horrifying details of sadistic guard at ‘little Auschwitz’ concentration camp for children

In the first biography ever to be written about Eugenia Pol, who went under the name Genowefa Pohl during the war, author Błażej Torański spent several years in the archives of the Institute of National Remembrance in Łódź analysing thousands of pages of trial files, testimonies and photographs.

Mystery of Zakopane’s ‘baffling white bear mascot’ explored in new centenary photo book

Fascinated by the extraordinary cult of Biały Miś (White Bear) who first appeared on the streets of Zakopane 100 years ago, authors Barbara Caillot and Aleksandra Karkowska decided to explore his story further.

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