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Chopin monument with one of Poland’s most turbulent histories celebrates unveiling anniversary

A jewel of the Art Nouveau era, the monument in Warsaw’s Łazienki Park depicting Chopin plunged into contemplation under a rustling willow tree was first unveiled in 1926. Longin Wawrynkiewicz/PAP

A jewel of the Art Nouveau era, the monument in Warsaw’s Łazienki Park depicting Chopin plunged into contemplation under a rustling willow tree was first unveiled in 1926.

Russian ambassador left red-faced after being attacked ‘with paint’ at Red Army cemetery in Warsaw

Russia’s ambassador to Poland Sergey Andreev was pelted with the red substance after arriving at a Warsaw cemetery to pay respects to Red Army soldiers who died during WWII.

Grave of forgotten hero who bought Westerplatte peninsula off Germans with his own cash found in UK cemetery

After finding the grave of Polish diplomat Mieczysław Jałowiecki who was a pioneer in the struggle for Poland’s interwar identity, a local historian is now looking to honour his name and memory.

The day that changed history: Picturesque town of Wieluń among first casualties of German invasion that sparked WWII

Considered by many to be the very first bombing campaign of WWII, the town was razed to the ground with 75 percent of its buildings destroyed.

Polish president marks start of WWII

Andrzej Duda, the Polish president, marked the 82nd anniversary of the outbreak of World War Two in Wieluń, a town in central Poland levelled by German bombers in the first hours of the war on September 1, 1939.

Lublin castle massacre saw nearly 300 prisoners exterminated by Gestapo as Hitler’s forces prepared to flee the city

Begun at around 9am on the 22nd of July, the executions carried out by a special death commando unit saw prisoners shot dead in their individual cells before being herded together and killed en-masse. Others were gunned down in the castle’s corridors and courtyard.

Nazi tunnels inside inactive VOLCANO could hide long-lost archive of Kraków Gestapo, say explorers

Thought to contain WWII secrets including traitors, the archive believed to be inside the Bond-like underworld complex has been described as ‘an invaluable source of information about the dark times of the WWII occupation.’

Rare ‘Nazi gun’ found in pensioner’s chimney

The 72-year-old man in the small town of Górowo Iławeckie, 90km east of Elbląg, had been cleaning out his attic when he stumbled upon the semi-automatic pistol in his chimney’s smokehouse.

Anti-Semitism can never be accepted - president

Among the Poles there were the greatest number of those who really helped Jews during the Holocaust, President Andrej Duda said.

Holocaust historians to apologise in libel case

A Warsaw court has ordered two prominent Holocaust scholars to apologise to a woman who claimed her uncle had been slandered in a historical book which suggested he had collaborated with the Germans and robbed a Jewish woman during WWII.

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