The phrase "Polish death camps" misrepresents historical facts by falsely attributing Nazi crimes to Poland—a nation that ...

World leaders and a dwindling group of survivors are joining ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the ...

Jaroslaw Jarek Piekalkiewicz and his cousin started a Polish resistance unit to fight the Germans during World War II. Now a Lawrence resident, Piekalkiewicz will speak Nov. 16-19 at the ...

The ceremony is widely regarded as the last major observance likely to see a significant number of survivors in attendance.

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 ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: It was an imperfect, but workable design. The Błyskawica, or Lightning, combined the best features of the German MP40 and the British Sten submarine guns..

(JTA) — A monument to a non-Jewish Polish Army officer who reported on atrocities at Auschwitz after allowing himself to be captured and later fought in the resistance was unveiled in Warsaw.

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 ...