One incident, details of which have been checked, occurred in Warsaw. German Army officers took over an apartment at 8 Piusa Street which had belonged to M. Szereszewski, prominent Warsaw Jew who ...

The Second World War saw the majority of Europe succumb to Nazi occupation. The brutal repression that followed triggered ...

But there were some notable exceptions to the role, some brave Jews who did choose to fight back against Nazi tyranny instead of submitting meekly to the jackboots. Among them were the heroes of the ...

The Warsaw Ghetto was a death warrant. Among those who were forcibly collected and sealed to die within its walls was my seven-year-old father, his ...

Poland is buzzing after Education Minister Barbara Nowacki's reservation about the "Polish Nazis" who built death camps ...

but one of the city’s most memorable is the Warsaw Uprising Monument. This 33-foot-tall bronze sculpture was created to commemorate the thousands of Poles who fought against Nazi Germany (which ...

Visiting Warsaw shortly after Germany had fallen ... others simply did not trust German assurances that they would be safe in exile. Hiding in cellars and sewers, these hideaways became known as ...

Her father and older brother were taken to stalags — war prisons — in Germany, and her younger brother was murdered by the Nazis after they caught him with a Jewish girl he was friends with.

WARSAW, Poland — The world's focus was on the remaining survivors of Nazi Germany's atrocities on Monday as world leaders and royalty joined them for commemorations on the 80th anniversary of ...

To gain a better understanding of how Poland gained independence, visit the Warsaw Uprising Museum ... touch on the country's occupation by Nazi Germany and the post-war years.

He said there was “too much focus on past guilt” in a surprise appearance via video link at a far right political rally. Read ...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Wednesday said Germans must "take the enemies of democracy seriously" in a speech ...