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Legendary WWII story of Polish RAF pilots to hit the big screen

Squadron 303 will be shown at cinemas in Poland from August 31, 2018 PISF

The trailer for a new blockbuster about the vital role of Polish pilots in the Battle of Britain has been released.

Poland's ruling party leader about Polish-Israeli declaration

The declaration signed by the Polish and Israeli PMs acknowledges Poland is right about its presentation of WW2 history, Poland's ruling party leader Jarosław Kaczyński said on Friday.

Israeli PM's statement after Polish anti-defamation amendment

The term "Polish death camps" is inappropriate, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday in Tel Aviv, commenting on Poland's earlier revocation of clauses penalising suggestions of Polish complicity in WW2 Nazi crimes from an anti-defamation act passed last January.

Karski Eagle Awards granted to Ghetto Fighters' House, General Anders

The Ghetto Fighters' House in Israel and Polish WWII general Władysław Anders are the winners of this year's Karski Eagle Awards, a distinction granted to people and institutions promoting Poland's image and Polish-Jewish relations.

Auschwitz a symbol of inhumanity - Polish Sejm speaker

"Auschwitz-Birkenau is a symbol of inhumanity, of trampling the values which are close to a human being. It sevres as a reminder to current and future generations so that the time of extermination be never repeated," the Polish lower house speaker wrote on Thursday.

‘I had to get on with living’: the incredible story of Holocaust survivor who became Olympic weightlifting champ

His parents and little sister were shot dead by the Nazis and as a slave labourer he nearly starved to death. But he survived WWII, went to the UK and began an extraordinary sporting career before turning to helping other survivors

Love and Betrayal in WWII: The true story of a doomed love affair

An extraordinary tale of doomed love between a WWII Polish prisoner and a pretty, young German girl has emerged out of a small village in southern Germany.

Polish, Slovenian presidents unveil war memorial in Gorlice

Polish and Slovenian Presidents Andrzej Duda and Borut Pahor unveiled a memorial on Wednesday to Slovenian soldiers fallen in the First World War at a war cemetery in Gorlice, southeastern Poland.

Bear necessities: The big brown bear who helped Polish troops in WWII

As Poland prepares to honour its heroes and remember its dead from the victorious Battle of Monte Cassino, which ended on May 18, 1944, one Polish soldier will hold a special place in veterans’ memories – a big brown bear called Wojtek.

Art looted from Poland during WWII up for Auction in Berlin

A painting stolen from Poland by the Nazis during the Second World War is up for auction in Berlin.

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Art & Culture

Tokarczuk teams up with illustrator Joanna Concejo for latest book described as ‘an experiment with form’

The picture book which was first published in Polish in 2017 as ‘Zagubiona dusza’ has now been translated into English under the title ‘The Lost Soul’.

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‘I grew up in death camp house’: Extraordinary story of women born in Auschwitz and who has lived there ever since

Once asked to draw the view from her bedroom window for homework, Anna Odi couldn’t decide whether to draw the crematorium or the gallows where Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess was executed. She told TFN: “I think I am a hostage to the stories of people who experienced this hell. I am continuing what my parents started, to be a witness. Like my parents, I owe it to the victims.”

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