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True story of man who volunteered for Auschwitz to save his pregnant wife turned into haunting new book

Wawrzyniec Kulig and his wife Franciszka had the misfortune to live in a village near Auschwitz. Press materials

Entitled Ocalona z Auschwitz [Saved from Auschwitz], award-winning author Nina Majewska-Brown said she was inspired to write the novelisation after being contacted by the couple’s granddaughter who wanted the story to reach a wider audience.

PROFILE: Psychologist who fled Lukashenko’s Belarus tells of escape and new life in Poland

In the first of a series looking at minority groups living in Poland, TFN met award-winning psychologist Albina Stroganova who, after being put under surveillance by the Belarusian secret police for her opposition to the country’s president Alexander Lukashenko, decided to flee to a new life in Poland. 

Lost and Hound! Blind, 12-year-old dog finds his way home after FIVE days on the road

After being adopted from his temporary owners and taken 26km away to a new home, Gary escaped and spent the next five days making his way though the frosty streets back to his ‘rescue’ family.

Astonishing story of teenage boy who killed a Nazi, escaped the Holocaust and led secret life in UK revealed by his son

When John Carr learned that his father was not who he claimed to be, he had no idea that the painstaking detective work which followed would take him on a journey of discovery into the darkest recesses of modern history.

Top 5 articles:

  • Over 100,000 slaughtered with axes, pitchforks, scythes and knives: The Wołyń massacre started 76 years ago today and lasted for two years
  • The systematic massacre of all children under 10 will forever be a stain on humanity, says TFN’s Stuart Dowell
  • Mayor offers reward to first couple to have a boy in village where only girls are born
  • It’s official! Kraków is the best place in Europe for food, says European Academy of Gastronomy
  • Poland in COVID-19 LOCKDOWN! PM orders bars, restaurants, shopping centres and borders closed - and cancels ALL flights
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From Hollywood A-listers to pop star hipsters, TFN goes on the trail of where the rich and famous stay when in Poland

WEBBER’S WORLD: ‘Although I’m often asked where the best places to stay in Poland are, allow me to reveal instead where it is that the planet’s most wanted go…’

The first report:

  • Poland proud to be superpower of solidarity for Ukraine says UN envoy
  • Production of Jeep SUV begins at Stellantis factory in southern Poland
  • Power generators financed by US teachers to go from Warsaw to Lviv
  • Tatra mountains to open to tourists on Tuesday
  • Polish president offers condolences to Turkey

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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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