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The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943 saw 13,000 Jews killed as they attempted to prevent the Nazis from sending them to their deaths. Men, women and children courageously fought back against Hitler’s troops for three-and-a-half weeks; 59 police officers and members of the feared SS were killed or injured. The fightback was prompted by Nazi … Read more
Women’s right protesters clashed with police in Warsaw on Friday for a third night of demonstrations over a near-total ban on abortions with rape, incest or saving the mother’s life the only exemptions. Poles took to the streets of Warsaw, Gdansk and other cities for a third night of protests Friday, after a near-total ban … Read more
Poland is enjoying a moment as one of the few countries we can visit without having to self-isolate on our return to the UK – and it’s a place for a wonderful autumn or winter break. Warsaw, the capital, is a delight, often overlooked in favour of Krakow, with its lively nightlife, and Gdansk, home … Read more
Social distancing, rather than a ‘miracle’, may explain how tens of thousands of Jews survived a typhus outbreak in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II, a study found. Nazi forces ultimately crammed more than 460,00 people into the 1.3 square mile area of the Ghetto, which was created in Occupied Poland in late 1940. … Read more