Nazi German death camp

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.”

If far-right protest illegal consequences will be drawn - officials

If regulations were broken, I am convinced the relevant law enforcement services will take care of this, PM's Office head Michał Dworczyk said on Monday about the Sunday assembly of nationalists on the 74th anniversary of the Auschwitz camp liberation.

Auschwitz Museum attracts over 2 mln visitors in 2018

Over 2.15 million people visited the former Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz, in southern Poland in 2018, the Auschwitz Museum wrote on its website on Friday. This is almost 50,000 more visitors than in 2017.

USA Today changes text after Polish Embassy's protest

USA Today replaced its text with a new version after the Polish Embassy in Washington on Friday protested against the use of the phrase 'Polish death camps.'

European People's Party leader visits Auschwitz Museum

Manfred Weber, who leads the European People's Party's (EPP) group in the European Parliament underscored during a visit to the former Nazi German Auschwitz death camp in southern Poland that "Europe must remember what people are capable of."

Politicians pay homage to Sobibór uprising heroes

Polish President Andrzej Duda and Deputy Prime Minister, Culture Minister Piotr Gliński commemorated the heroes of the uprising in the German Nazi death camp Sobibór in eastern Poland, on Sunday.

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