The basilica in Gdańsk, northern Poland, received its Umbraculum in 1929 from Pope Pius XI. After being lost during World War II, it was rediscovered in 2019 during restoration work.

St. Nicholas Basilica in Gdańsk, northern Poland, has opened its Umbraculum to pay tribute to the late head of the Catholic ...

Długa Street: Known as “long lane” in English, this is the city’s main street. The colorful, slim buildings will charm you ...

In 1939, the city was the starting point of World War II and suffered catastrophic damage, with 90% of its centre, including the Main Town, being destroyed. Post-war, Gdańsk gradually rebuilt ...

The camp was established in 1939 by Nazi Germany in a secluded, wooded area near the village of Stutthof, some 22 miles east of the city of Danzig (Gdansk ... 80 years after the Holocaust ...

Like most of Gdansk, it was restored after the leveling of the city at the end of World War II. The Ulica Dluga, the city's main thoroughfare, is lined with outrageously ornate houses of ocher ...

The recent 80-year remembrance of the World War II Holocaust was met with Holocaust ... at the Auschwitz site 62 years ago. It was wave after wave of shock, awe, disgust, and utter sadness.

In northern Poland, Gdansk is the country’s largest port and a city rich in history and landmarks. The Old Town, ...

a state body that houses archives and researches the crimes of World War II and the communist era. He previously served as the director of the Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk, the city ...

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Poland has begun exhuming the remains of Poles killed by Ukrainian nationalists during World War Two in the former Polish ...

United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey In 1949, France assembled an elaborate gift to thank the United States for its support during World War II ... to the boxcar after it disappeared.