The World War II extermination of Europe's Jews by Nazi Germany began after the invasion of Poland in 1939 and increased in scale with the creation of death camps.

‘Rope-soled slippers, size 38’ - these are some of the last words written in the poet’s hand. It is 18th April 1944 in the prison on Czarnieckiego Street in Kraków. In a request, she further asks for ...

Two weeks later, Poland suffered a second invasion, this time from the Soviet Union in the east. It is not widely known but Polish casualties during the bombing of Warsaw by the Luftwaffe in 1939 ...

Elżbieta Zawacka risked her life to rid her country of the Nazis. After the war, she was targeted by the Communist ...

The Polish Embassy in Spain has denounced today that "Poland has become the target of intense disinformation attacks" by ...

Mr Putin said he had requested Soviet archive documents in order to write an article on the subject - Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 - and, in his view, to set the record ...

Programme offering exiled Poles and their descendants residency is under review amid immigration security fears ...