Poland News News Poland » History: Poland’s Ruling Party Puts an Extraordinary Museum of Polish-Jewish History into Limbo
Dariusz Stola met me at a coffee shop in Warsaw. He was wearing a flannel shirt and he was unshaven. It was Sunday, but this was more than a couple of days’ worth of stubble. Stola may or may not be ...
News Poland » History: Poland’s Jewish museum marks its first decade, made tumultuous by politics
The Polin Museum sought to tell the story of the country’s Jews even as a right-wing government sought to stifle discussions of antisemitism and complicity. WARSAW, Poland — In the heart of the former ...
News Poland » History: Poland's World Cup History Before 2022 FIFA Tournament
Poland is back at the World Cup, and its superstar striker is a big reason why. The team faced a win-or-go-home UEFA World Cup playoff against Sweden in March with a ticket to Qatar on the line. After ...
News Poland » History: Anne Applebaum: Jews celebrate their place in Poland’s history
In this photo taken Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014, a reconstruction of a wooden 17th century synagogue once located in Gwozdziec, a formerly Polish town in Ukraine, at the POLIN Museum of the History of ...
News Poland » History: 15 Historical Quirks That Make Poland So Different from the Rest of Europe
History is made of controversies. And Polish history in particular. Here are 15 peculiar facts from Poland’s past that really make Poland stand out and may also help explain the country’s unique place ...
News Poland » History: Poland and Russia Can’t Stop Arguing Over History. Does it Matter?
RZESZÓW, Poland — In a quiet park in the center of this southern Polish city, tourists stop to read a plaque commemorating the lives lost in a “1,000-year struggle for freedom” and gaze at the ...
News Poland » History: Poznan’s ‘laboratory of murder’ offers a haunting glimpse into Poland’s history
I didn’t plan to visit Fort VII, Poznan’s infamous “laboratory of murder,” three times in two weeks. But after walking through its silent corridors alone for the first time, I realized this wasn’t a ...
News Poland » History: Poland’s right-wing government is rewriting history — with itself as hero
Poland is in the midst of a pitched battle over its collective memory. The ruling party has recently stirred an international controversy by passing a bill criminalizing the use of the phrase “Polish ...
News Poland » History: History haunting Ukraine-Poland relations, again
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Ukraine, the UPA represents a historical struggle against Moscow's domination — a legacy that feels especially alive amid ...