PolskieRadio7d
EXPLAINER: Why the term 'Polish death camps' is misleading and inaccurate
The phrase "Polish death camps" misrepresents historical facts by falsely attributing Nazi crimes to Poland—a nation that ...
Polish News21h
The Memory Day: Remembering Witold Pilecki, the Hero of Auschwitz
Remembering Witold Pilecki, the Hero of Auschwitz Historian Marco Patricelli recalls “the volunteer” in the concentration ...
PolskieRadio4d
Words matter: How Poland is battling the 'Polish death camps' misconception?
In recent years, Polish diplomats have successfully reduced the use of incorrect phrases like 'Polish death camps' in foreign ...
At Auschwitz, a Solemn Ceremony at a Time of Rising Nationalism
World leaders and a dwindling group of survivors joined in a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency9y
When 300 Jews escaped the Nazi camps by hiding in the Warsaw Zoo
A lieutenant in the Polish resistance, Zabinski sheltered the Jews in underground pathways connecting the animal cages. He also used the zoo to store arms for the resistance. A meticulous ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency3y
‘Their stories seeped into my system’: How Judy Batalion found the stories of overlooked female Polish WWII resistance fighters
Batalion hit the research jackpot at Warsaw’s new Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews, where an archivist directed her to thousands of pages of information about Jewish resistance fighters.
The Economist26d
A dispute over old war crimes strains Polish-Ukrainian relations
In the face of a common enemy, Russia, the legacy of the massacres, of the reprisals by Polish resistance fighters who killed thousands of Ukrainians, and of the later deportations of some 150,000 ...