Schools unite to lift WW2 children from watery grave
One March day in the last weeks of World War Two, more than 70 German children squeezed into a plane designed for 14 hoping to be flown to safety from the advancing Soviet tanks in north-eastern Nazi Germany.
Minutes after takeoff the plane dived into an icy lake, killing everyone on board. Nearly 70 years later, former war foes Germany and Poland are joining forces to try to raise the wreck from Resko Przymorskie in western Poland. Continue reading
Researchers make new discovery of Jews murdered by Poland villagers during Holocaust
Recent research has discovered the murders of Jews in three Polish villages during the Holocaust that were carried out by locals. Continue reading
Bloody foreigners. Untold Battle of Britain.
A four-part series of drama-documentaries highlighting the role played by foreigners at iconic moments and crucial turning points in British history.
Watch the full episode about the famous DYWIZJON 303 right here:
Poland seeks return of death camp barracks
Polish and U.S. officials are engaged in intense talks to determine the fate of a sensitive object: a barracks that once housed doomed prisoners at the Nazis’ Auschwitz death camp and is now on display at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Continue reading
Educators revive history of Poland’s Jews
Every Polish town and village had its Holocaust. That’s what Zuzanna Radzik wants Polish children to learn.
Her task is not easy. Although Polish children are taught about the Holocaust, they don’t learn what happened in their own towns. Continue reading
Holocaust Museum may lose key Poland artifacts on loan
Little known outside the Holocaust Museum is that many of the objects borrowed from Poland almost a quarter-century ago were on 20-year loans, and over the past few years, those loans have expired. In some cases, the museum has returned objects, renegotiated loans or exchanged existing materials, such as shoes, suitcases and prayer shawls, for equivalent pieces. Continue reading
Madonna Irks Polish Wartime Heroes
Pop icon Madonna has set her concert in Poland for Aug. 1, disturbing some in the country who accuse her of deliberately picking concert dates here to coincide with religious holidays and major national commemorations. Continue reading
The Ruins Were My Playground: Agneiszka Holland on In Darkness
With her latest film In Darkness, Holland returns to World War II (when her movies Angry Harvestand Europa Europa are set) and still manages to cover well-worn territory with fresh and even shocking perspectives. It’s based on the dark, curious but inspiring story of sewer inspector Leopold Socha (Robert Wieckiewicz), who sheltered a handful of Jews in the sewers of Lvov, Poland until the Nazis fell. Continue reading
“It gives me hope” – The remarkable story of Irena Sendler
During the Holocaust, this Catholic social worker saved 2,500 Jewish children from certain death by convincing their parents, who were trapped in the Warsaw ghetto, to let her smuggle their kids to gentile families on the outside. Continue reading
Stalin’s Grandson Sues Duma over Katyn Resolution
Accusations that Joseph Stalin ordered thousands of captured Polish officers executed without trial at Katyn in 1940 are a violation of the Russian Constitution and an illegal slander against the Soviet leader, a lawyer for Stalin’s grandson Yevgeny Dzhugashvili said on Tuesday. Continue reading
