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Warsaw court grants compensation to son of war-hero Pilecki

Captain Pilecki, who was also the co-founder of the Secret Polish Army (TAP) and a soldier in the Home Army (AK), was executed in 1948 for working for "foreign imperialism". PAP

The son of Captain Witold Pilecki, a Polish war hero who volunteered to be sent to Auschwitz but was later executed by Poland’s communist government, has been awarded PLN 1.5 million (EUR 320,000) for the harm suffered by his father.

Beautiful Christmas cards of yesteryear tell fascinating story of defiance to communist-era censorship

The beautiful cards depict what today we would consider fairly traditional seasonal scenes. But within the context of their times, depicting religious themes and symbols was revolutionary.

New app explores hidden secrets of Poland’s underground printing presses

Titled Szybowcowa ’87, the app which is part of the IPN’s push to make history more understandable and accessible to younger generations allows users to step back in time and explore a printing house hidden inside an apartment on Wrocław’s Szybowcowa street.

Son of Polish WWII hero sues for EUR 5.5 mln compensation

The son of war hero Witold Pilecki has brought a legal case against the State Treasury for PLN 26 million (EUR 5.53 million) for the harm his father suffered under communism.

Polish PM compares Poland's fight against communism with Ukraine war

Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has compared Ukraine’s fight for independence to the confrontation in 1980 between Polish workers and Poland’s then communist government.

‘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.

Cold cases of priests ‘murdered’ by communist secret police to be reopened

According to IPN president Dr Karol Nawrocki, chief among the renewed investigations are three opposition priests who died in suspicious circumstances in 1989.

PM says Putin is trying to destroy post-communist order

The Polish prime minister has accused Vladimir Putting of violating everything that has been achieved since the fall of communism in 1989.

Fascinating tale of Muslim princess who fought for Poland during WWII wins short film award

VIDEO: Directed by Tomasz Popakuł for the Gdynia Emigration Museum and entitled ‘Dzennet’, the six and a half minute film tells the story of refugee Dzennet Dżabagi-Skibniewska, whose mother was a Polish Tatar and father the son of the last ruler of Ingushetia, a republic of Russia located in the North Caucus.

New biopic 30 years in the making to reveal ‘unknown life’ of controversial 1970s politician Edward Gierek

Film producer Janusz Heatcliff Iwanowski spent three decades collecting material for the film, including the account of a banker who lent money to Eastern Bloc countries, the story of a secretary who observed the Gierek era from the inside, and the memoirs of an advisor who helped Gierek change and modernise the Polish economy.

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