IN 2014 Evan Alberhasky travelled to Poland from Jerusalem to learn about his Jewish ancestral roots. In the taxi to the city of Krakow, he was greeted by graffiti declaring Anty Jude (“Anti Jews”). He saw crossed-out Jewish stars and […]
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Princeton University professor Jan T Gross faces possible lawsuit by the Polish prosecutors over his remarks. Polish prosecutors on Thursday opened a libel probe against a US historian after he claimed Poles killed more Jews than Germans during the sec…
Imagine it’s 1945 … a train pulls in and soldiers load it up with chests of Nazi gold. It’s a myth so powerful here in southwest Poland that history buffs staged a re-enactment recently. In reality, amateur treasure hunters Andrei […]
Poland’s warring president and prime minister have separately marked the 35th anniversary of a key deal between striking workers and communist authorities that opened the way to democracy. The ceremonies were held Monday in the Baltic port city of Gdansk, […]
A Polish official says ground-penetrating radar images have left him “99% convinced” that a World War Two German military train is buried near the south-western city of Walbrzych.Deputy Culture Minister Piotr Zuchowski said images appeared to show a train equipped […]
No matter which country we are talking about, castles are the type of historical sites that represent its history and architecture in the most accessible way. As a result of changes in fashion and artistic trends, many of them are eclectic in […]
According to Polish lore, a Nazi train loaded with gold, artworks and weapons vanished into a mountain at the end of World War II, as the Germans fled the Soviet advance. Now two men claim they know the location of […]