"This is a treasure," Poland's Culture Minister Hanna Wroblewska told reporters in Warsaw's Chopin Institute ... fled his homeland just before the 1830 uprising against the occupying forces ...

It gives us history and ties everybody together,” Mark Owens said of the impact of the veterans recognition wall.

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

To gain a better understanding of how Poland gained independence, visit the Warsaw Uprising Museum. This attraction, which sits in a former tram power station in the Wola district, is home to ...

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 ...

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 Bielski Partisans waged plenty of combat action against the Nazi scourge, much to the chagrin of the oppressors. January ...

However, following the collapse of Communism and the influx of Western influences in the 1990s, Warsaw's edifices began to be adorned with images that were purely artistic. The proliferation of ...

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the first armed battle against the Germans. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the first armed battle against the Germans, though far from the only one. Some type of ...

“Even in the cold, the stench of decay was unbearable.” The vanished city The end of the Warsaw Uprising on October 2, 1944, saw the Nazis visit new vengeances on a city that Hitler had come to view ...

Each year, on 19th April, in commemoration of the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, thousands of daffodils appear on the streets of Warsaw. These flowers, however, are made of paper, and ...