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No-budget amateur film detailing the fate of Silesians at the hands of the Red Army in 1945 becomes overnight hit

The film is set against the backdrop of the Upper Silesian Tragedy, a collective trauma that was suppressed throughout the communist period. Press materials

VIDEO: With no professional distribution, at its premiere the feature-length film entitled ‘Liberated’ and starring 95 amateur actors and extras was attended by a staggering 2,000 people in a venue with a seating capacity of only 350.

War Diary identifying hidden Nazi treasure a forgery created ‘many years after WWII’, say experts

Historian Łukasz Orlicki who carried out a critical source analysis on the contents of the diary, said: “The result of our analysis unequivocally identifies the war diary as a fictional text created many years after the war.”

A year in travel: Webber picks out the best (and worst) from his journeys around Poland

As the curtain falls on 2022, TFN’s Alex Webber takes a personal look back at his travel highlights of the year…

Mass grave of WWII ‘battle-scarred' German soldiers unearthed alongside their meagre belongings

Archaeologists exhuming the grave in the town of Barborów came across bullet-ridden helmets, broken bones, dog tags, coins, Swastika badges, shoes, a whistle and a chain with a lucky horseshoe.

Poland to take down FOUR Red Army memorials

Four memorials to the Soviet Red Army will be taken down on Thursday morning, the head of the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN), the body charged with investigating wartime and communist-era crimes, said on Wednesday.

New monument honours “largest cavalry battle of 20th century”

Unveiled near Zamość, the huge monument recalls the 1920 Battle of Komarów, a triumph that was deemed vital in Poland’s struggle for independence.

Flying school that trained Battle of Britain aces still producing Poland’s Top Guns

On the anniversary of the outbreak of the Battle of Britain, which saw Polish fighter pilots shoot down 12 percent of German planes, TFN travelled to the school where future flying aces are still being trained.

‘Cursed soldier’ hero finally laid to rest after long-lost remains found in unmarked grave

Murdered by communists in Lublin Castle in 1949, the whereabouts of Henryk Wieliczko’s body remained unknown for six decades.

History sleuths uncover stash of WWII weapons after tracking down ‘tip-off’ from long-forgotten memoir

VIDEO: The remarkable haul including pistols, bayonets, a submachine gun and hundreds of rounds of ammo was found after the grandson of one of Poland’s WWII resistance fighters stumbled upon an old cassette tape from a family celebration.

Seeing red! Across Poland Soviet war memorials are being vandalised and defaced

Where once many would have sought to defend such landmarks as valuable historic relics, it is Russia’s own actions that have seen this resistance significantly diluted, says TFN’s Alex Webber.

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The arrest last week of a ‘dangerous’ spy network in Poland is the latest in the country’s secret war against Russian intelligence since Putin’s troops attacked Ukraine.

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Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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