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While many know about Britain’s involvement in The Great Escape, less is known about the Polish and other central and eastern European participants.

The Great Escape: remembering the forgotten heroes from Central and Eastern Europe

The unexploded shells were later safely detonated by sappers. (KMP Słupsk/WikiCommons/Jakub Hałun)

Wild boars unearth 21 WWII mortar shells in northern Poland

Bolesław Ostrowski (right) took part in the Allied military’s Operation Market Garden. Photos: Ostrowski family archives via Nie Zapomnij O Nas, Powstańcach Warszawskich Facebook page; public domain

Last Polish soldier who fought in doomed WWII airborne assault dies, aged 105

The last Polish soldier to take part in Operation Market Garden, one of the largest airborne operations of WWII, has died in Canada at the age of 105.

The extraordinary find was made on Sunday in central Poland by members of the Sochaczew Group of History Explorers. Photo: Polish Army Museum

Amateur historians hailed for ‘sensational discovery’ of wartime banner

A team of amateur historians have been credited with the “sensational discovery” of a historic wartime banner belonging to one of Poland’s most celebrated units, the 68th Września Infantry Regiment.

The exhibition explores the realities and post-war choices faced by those who survived the Holocaust. Photo: M. Jaźwiecki

Not the end, not the beginning: exhibition explores post-war fate of Poland’s Jews

While the wartime trauma of Poland’s Jews has been extensively chronicled, far less is known about ‘what happened next’ as they emerged from hiding or returned from the camps—now, a new exhibition at Warsaw’s POLIN museum is seeking to redress the balance.

A group of Polish children from Siberia in Tsuruda, Japan, 1920. Photo: manggha.pl

Exodus of Polish orphans from Bolshevik Russia remembered

A museum in Poland has invited young people to take part in an educational contest to commemorate the history of Polish orphans in Bolshevik Russia, who, due to conflict and political persecution, embarked on a journey to their homeland via Japan.

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Polish archeologists find ancient ‘puppets’ on top of pyramid in El Salvador

Polish archeologists have uncovered 2,400-year-old ceramic “puppets” with faces that change expressions atop a pre-Columbian pyramid in Central America.

Ty i Ja is considered Poland’s most influential magazine of the 20th century.

How Poland's first lifestyle magazine tore up the rulebook to become essential must-have

Offering respite from the monochrome reality of communist Poland, Ty i Ja revolutionized the cultural landscape during its 13-year print run—now, an exhibition devoted to Poland’s first-ever lifestyle magazine is inspiring a new generation.

The next phase of excavations at Westerplatte is set to begin in spring. Photo: PAP/Adam Warżawa

Evidence of early WWII German war crimes found in northern Poland

Archaeologists have uncovered nearly 14,000 artifacts including evidence of early WWII German war crimes during the latest stage of excavations at Westerplatte, the site of the first battle of World War II.

Marian Turski, who survived Auschwitz, dedicated his life to remembering victims of the Nazi genocide. Photo: Aaron Chown - Pool/Getty Images

Marian Turski, renowned historian and Holocaust survivor dies aged 98

Turski dedicated his life to remembering victims of the Nazi genocide.

Ancient peoples sometimes extracted iron ore from meteorite fragments, similar to the one that fell near Pułtusk, north of Warsaw, in 1868. Photo: public domain via Wikimedia Commons

Iron from space found in ‘exceptional’ haul of ancient jewelry in southern Poland

Archaeologists in southern Poland have found an “exceptional” haul of ancient jewelry that makes extensive use of meteoritic iron, which fell to earth from space.

Photo: Facebook/Stowarzyszenie Historyczno-Eksploracyjne Jaćwież

WWII dog tag of Italian POW found in Poland to be returned to family

A dog tag belonging to an Italian soldier, captured during World War II, is to be returned to his family after being discovered in northeastern Poland.

Despite the immense destruction, Warsaw refused to fade into history. Photo: CAF / PAP

‘The whole nation is rebuilding the capital’: Warsaw’s reconstruction 80 years on

Left in ruins after six years of brutal Nazi occupation, by the end of WWII in 1945, Warsaw’s devastation was so complete that plans were mooted to move the capital to an entirely different city.

Photo: Stowarzyszenie Inventum via Facebook

Ancient Roman sword unearthed in southern Poland

A 2,000-year-old Roman sword has been unearthed in a Polish forest by metal detector enthusiasts hunting WWII artifacts.

Photo: Petr Kunc

Czech researchers discover half-built Nazi industrial complex hidden underground

A group of amateur researchers has discovered a half-built Nazi factory hidden deep underground in the Czech city of Brno.

The project will see an original Hawker Hurricane fly from Duxford to Dęblin. Photo: Darren Harbar

Brits to fly WWII fighter plane to Poland for Battle of Britain Anniversary

As the 85th anniversary of the Battle of Britain draws closer, plans are underway to fly a Hawker Hurricane fighter plane to Poland in honor of the Polish airmen who played a pivotal role in defending Britain from the Luftwaffe.

Photo: State Museum at Majdanek/Facebook

Former Nazi camp Majdanek opens rare archives for 80th anniversary

The Majdanek museum, a former Nazi concentration camp in eastern Poland, opened up its invaluable archives on Saturday as it marks its 80th anniversary.

The first exhumation is set to take place in Puznyky, Ukraine’s ambassador to Poland said.

Ukraine to begin exhumations of Polish victims of Volhynian massacre this spring

The first exhumations of Polish victims of World War II-era ethnic cleansing in what is now western Ukraine will begin this spring, Ukraine’s ambassador to Poland, Vasyll Bodnar announced on Saturday.

Photo: The Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution (IPHES) via Facebook

Evidence of prehistoric 'brain-eating cannibals' found in Polish cave

Researchers investigating a cave in Poland have found chilling evidence of brain-eating cannibals from 18,000 years ago.

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From the outside, the Skull Chapel appears to be a modest, yellow-hued sanctuary. Photo: Mariusz Cieszewski via MSZ on Flickr.

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The museum has played a key role in preserving Poland’s post-war neon heritage. (PAP/Mateusz Marek)

Bright times ahead for the cult Polish museum that revived the magic of neon

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