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Germany returns artefacts looted in WWII to Poland
1+ week, 2+ day ago (844+ words) Jun 17, 2026 | History, Politics Germany has returned historical artefacts that were looted during the occupation of Poland in WWII. The items include a 14th-century manuscript containing a medieval Polish hymn and a ring that once belonged to 16th-century Polish King Sigismund…...
Mass grave discovered at site where Ukrainian nationalists massacres Poles in WWII
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (674+ words) Apr 22, 2026 | History Poland's state Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) has announced the discovery of a mass grave at a site in Ukraine where ethnic Poles were killed by Ukrainian nationalists as part of the Volhynia massacres during World War Two....
Archaeologists in Poland find ancient society drank reduced-lactose milk in likely rituals
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (608+ words) Apr 10, 2026 | Culture, History Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of rituals involving drinking lactose-reduced dairy around 5, 500 years ago in what is now north-central Poland. The researchers note that lactose intolerance was widespread during that period. The excavations in S'aw'cinek, the site of…...
Polish researchers uncover secrets of mummified Egyptian boy using modern scanning
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (610+ words) Mar 6, 2026 | History A team of Polish scientists have used modern scanning techniques to reveal some of the secrets of a mummified child from ancient Egypt, including his sex and age at death. The research, which was carried out at the…...
Poland returns to Greece Jewish objects stolen by Germany during Holocaust
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (865+ words) Mar 5, 2026 | History Poland has returned 91 Jewish religious objects to Greece that were stolen by the Germans from Greek Jews during the Holocaust. The handover marks the first time that Poland, which actively pursues the restitution of its own looted property,…...
Nazi documents withdrawn from German auction passed to Poland's Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (717+ words) Jan 31, 2026 | History Historical documents relating to the Holocaust and other Nazi-German crimes that were withdrawn from auction in Germany last year after international criticism and intervention by the Polish government have now been handed over to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation in…...
Polish museum appeals for help cataloguing everyday items from prewar Jewish homes
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (528+ words) Jan 30, 2026 | History, Society Artefacts already displayed and mapped on the website include a sewing machine in the village of Ro'niaty in southern Poland, a set of cutlery in the city of "d, and a recommendation letter written by a rabbi…...
Auschwitz Museum criticises Germany for failing to mention Nazis' Polish victims in commemoration
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (672+ words) Jan 28, 2026 | History The Auschwitz Museum has criticised the German government for issuing a statement that commemorated various groups of victims of Nazism but failed to mention Poles, millions of whom were killed and who were the first prisoners at Auschwitz....
Ukraine authorises further searches for Polish WWII massacre victims
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (984+ words) Jan 1, 2026 | History, Politics, Society Ukraine has granted permission for further searches to take place on its territory for the remains of Polish victims of massacres carried out by Ukrainian nationalists during World War Two. The history of the Volhynia massacres…...
Huge stash of WWII resistance documents found under floorboards in Warsaw
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (590+ words) Dec 5, 2025 | History, Uncategorized A large collection of documents from World War Two, many relating to Poland's underground resistance, has been discovered under the floor in a historic tenement house in Warsaw that was undergoing renovation. The city's Warsaw Rising Museum…...