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PM writes in The Economist that Ukraine situation is similar to 1938

The prime minister pointed out that in February 2007, almost 70 years after "the infamous Munich conference, Vladimir Putin openly announced his desire to dismantle the post-cold war order in Europe." www.economist.com

Poland's prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, has said there are “striking" similarities between Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the 1938 Munich agreement, which sacrificed Czechoslovakia to appease Hitler and paved the way for German aggression the following year.

Back in the USSR? For decades the small town of Borne Sulinowo was the most secret place in Poland

Omitted from the maps for the full duration of the Cold War, this tiny town (current population: 4,500), was at the very heart of the Soviet Union’s military presence in Poland. For decades, no-one knew it existed and that sense of secrecy lingers to this day.

Congressman apologises for "Polish death camp" misnomer

US Congressman Steve Cohen has apologised for recent statements suggesting Polish complicity in the Holocaust, which evoked hefty protests from the Polish ambassador in the US, the Polish-American Kosciuszko Foundation and the Warsaw-based Institute for National Remembrance (IPN).

Poland accuses US congressman of falsifying Hitler's crimes

US Democratic congressman Steve Cohen has come in for criticism after saying “it was not just Nazi, Germany; it was Poland where some of these more severe, serious concentration camps were Auschwitz and Birkenau."

Hitler’s Mein Kampf to be published in Polish as ‘warning for the future’

The new version is aimed squarely at academics and researchers into totalitarianism rather than the general reader. It runs to 1,000 pages and will be buttressed with an extensive introduction and over 2,000 footnotes.

German ambassador “can neither justify nor condemn” father who served Hitler in Berlin bunker

The appointment of the ambassador was allegedly delayed owing to concerns about his father’s wartime role.

Room of failed Hitler assassination plot recreated in fascinating detail

The reconstruction at the site of the Nazi leader’s Wolf’s Lair HQ, used archive documents, photographs, witness testimony and the knowledge of local guides to recreate the room as it was in July 1944.

Russia is whitewashing its role in WW2 - gov't official

Russia is resorting to disinformation to whitewash its negative role in World War II, Stanisław Żaryn, the spokesperson for Poland's special services coordinator, wrote in a Wednesday statement to PAP.

Berlin to honour the 12,000 Poles who took part in the Battle of Berlin

The memorial plaque, the flag design of which is a reference to the Polish flag that Polish soldiers raised on the Victory Column in Berlin’s Tiergarten on 2 May 1945, will be mounted on the city’s Polytechnic where the First Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division finally broke the fierce resistance of the Germans defending the building.

Chess legend Kasparov says there is no doubt “Stalin invaded Poland as Hitler’s partner”

Kasparov joins war of words over comments made by Russian leader that appeared to absolve the Soviet Union while blaming Poland for start of war.

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Acting royalty wins internet hearts after adopting dog run over by Russian tank

Janusz Chabior and his actress wife  Agata Wątróbska took in the adorable pooch called Henio after finding him in a Polish shelter where he had been sent from Ukraine.

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