Andrzej Duda, the Polish president, has praised the courage of the citizens of Warsaw who either fought against the Germans in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, or supported the insurgents and suffered for it.
The Polish capital on Tuesday commenced observances marking the 79th anniversary of the city's revolt against Nazi-German occupiers during WWII.
The Polish and Ukrainian culture ministers have paid homage to the victims of the Volhynia Massacre, the mass killings of Polish civilians by Ukrainian nationalists during World War Two.
The Sejm, lower house of Polish parliament, has adopted a resolution which commemorates the victims of the mass killings of Polish civilians by Ukrainian nationalists during World War Two.
Poland's southern city of Kielce on Tuesday commemorated the 1946 Kielce Pogrom, in which 37 Jews were killed by local Poles.
The fighters of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising fought against all odds and although only a few survived it was a victory for the human spirit, the Israeli president said on Wednesday in the Polish capital at commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the 1943 insurgency.
Symbolizing rebirth and new beginnings, daffodils have become synonymous with the beginning of spring. But in Poland, they have yet another meaning - the commemoration of the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has honoured the bravery of the Warsaw Ghetto insurgents on the 80th anniversary of the uprising.
Ceremonies will take place in the Polish capital on Wednesday to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
The presidents of Israel and Germany will visit Warsaw to take part along with the Polish head of state in commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the Polish President's Office announced on Thursday.
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