Ghosts of Polish-Ukrainian past resurface with divisive Bandera commemorations
Krakow, Poland – January 1st marked the 114th birthday of Ukrainian nationalist leader and militant Stepan Bandera. This year, theContinue Reading
Tag: World War II
On this Day, in 1941: Nazi-aligned Slovakia adopted the “Jewish Codex”
On September 9, 1941, the Nazi-puppet state of Slovakia ratified the Jewish Codex, paving the way for the exclusion, deportation,Continue Reading
Why is Poland demanding €1.3 trillion from Germany for World War II?
Warsaw, Poland – On September 1, marking the 83rd anniversary of Germany’s invasion of Poland and the outbreak of WorldContinue Reading
New app aims to connect Sudeten Germans from ex-Czechoslovakia
Prague, Czech Republic – A new digital app launched at the beginning of June seeks to help Sudeten Germans descendantsContinue Reading
Israel cancels student trip to Poland amid ongoing dispute
Warsaw, Poland – A large-scale Israeli student trip to Poland has been cancelled at the last minute over an ongoingContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1940: 728 Poles were sent to Auschwitz in the concentration camp’s first mass transport
On June 14, 1940, Nazi authorities organised the first mass transport to the Auschwitz I concentration camp, deporting more thanContinue Reading
Soviet general Ivan Koněv stripped of Prague honorary citizenship
Prague, Czech Republic – Soviet Marshall Ivan Koněv will be stripped of his honorary citizenship of Prague, according to aContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1991: Czech artist David Černý famously painted Soviet tank No. 23 in pink
On the night of April 27-28, Czech student David Černý and a group of friends painted a Soviet commemorative monumentContinue Reading
The Polish Institute of National Remembrance, or the danger of politicising history
Krakow, Poland – In 1998, the Polish Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) was created, in their own words, to “popularizeContinue Reading
Czech Republic adds two new memorial days to national calendar
Prague, Czech Republic – Two new memorial dates have been added to the Czech calendar and included in the country’sContinue Reading
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