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A hell ‘worse than Auschwitz’ where thousands were tortured and slain is turned into memorial site

Built by Russians in the 19th century as part of a defensive fortress, during WWII Fort III in Pomiechówek was turned into a concentration camp where thousands of Poles and Jews were tortured and murdered. Fort III Pomiechówek Foundation

According to a survivor who during WWII spent time in five concentration camps including Fort III in Pomiechówek just north of Warsaw: “The torture site in Pomiechówek was the worst in every respect.”

‘They didn’t stand a chance, but it shows great heroism’: The Roma gypsies who defied SS beasts in Auschwitz revolt 75 years ago

On May 16, 1944, the Germans intended to liquidate the Gypsy Camp by murdering the prisoners. Around 6,500 Sinti and Roma are believed to have been gassed at that time, but the SS’s plans were thwarted by the revolt.

WWII diary reveals details of FIVE locations where looted Nazi treasure is said to be buried as stories emerge of diary’s dark past

As tantalizing new details of buried Nazi treasure are revealed, TFN’s Stuart Dowell reports on the findings and probes the mysterious religious organisation which held the diary for decades and was associated with Nazi cult worship in the 30s and 40s.

New research lifts the lid on the forgotten horrors of Auschwitz’s sub-camps

On the 74th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, TFN’s Stuart Dowell explores previously unseen testimonies which have lain hidden in the Auschwitz Memorial archives for years, revealing how Hitler's SS slaughtered prisoners in the sub-camps of the Auschwitz complex before fleeing.

Roma victims of Nazi German ghetto honoured in Poland

The Roma victims of a World War II-era Jewish ghetto were honoured in a ceremony in the central Polish city of Łódź on Thursday.

Hitler’s concentration camp for children

Joanna Podolska-Płocka, the director of the Marek Edelman Dialogue Center in Łódź, talks to TFN about a Nazi German ‘concentration’ camp exclusively for children aged between 2 and 16. Operating between December 1942 and January 1945, the camp has now been almost totally lost from the collective memory.

Beaten, starved and tortured: The horrifying story of Hitler’s concentration camp for children

TFN’s Stuart Dowell travelled to the city of Łódź where, 76 years ago this month, Hitler’s monstrous SS set up a ‘concentration’ camp exclusively for children aged between 2 and 16.

Charge of the fake brigade: An enduring myth of WWII is that Polish cavalry charged German tanks. They didn’t

There were at least 17 Polish cavalry charges in September 1939, none of which were against tanks and most of which ended in success. The biggest cavalry victory was at the Battle of Mokra near Częstochowa when dismounted soldiers used their anti-tank weapons to destroy or damage around 100 German tanks and armoured vehicles.

Gross-Rosen Museum under culture ministry

The Culture Ministry will join forces with local authorities in administrating the Gross-Rosen Museum on the site of the World War II Gross-Rosen Nazi-German death camp in southern Poland.

One of the few: Herman Shine who escaped Auschwitz dies at 95

After overhearing SS officers talking about carrying out a mass killing, a Polish labourer smuggled Herman and his friend out of Auschwitz

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