World War II documents have been found under the floorboards in a prewar tenement house in the Warsaw district of Saska Kępa.

Tusk announced his decision during the ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising, on August 1. "We want more and more people to take advantage of this place and the knowledge ...

"Warsaw: Phoenix from the Ashes" is the title of a touring exhibition on the tragic 20th-century history of the Polish capital, now open in Tsuruga, Japan. Photo: Press kit/Warsaw Rising MuseumImage: ...

From the 49th floor of Zlota 44, the Daniel Libeskind-designed tower, the charms of the Polish capital aren’t immediately obvious. The city of just 1.7 million people lies on the rather unremarkable ...

The Warsaw Rising was a part of a bigger action prepared by the Polish Government in Exile. The aim of this plan was to make a series of uprisings in major cities against the German occupiers and to ...

Warsaw's old town was reduced to rubble by 1945. Photo / Getty Images Every year at 5pm on August 1, life in Warsaw pauses. Whether working, walking, driving or cycling, everyone in the Polish capital ...

WARSAW, Poland – A funeral with military honors for a World War II hero and Warsaw Rising fighter has been held in the Polish capital. Stanislaw Likiernik, who had Jewish roots, was 16 when Nazi ...

WARSAW, Poland — World War II veterans, Warsaw residents and the leaders of Poland joined anniversary ceremonies Wednesday honoring the fighters and victims of the city's ill-fated 1944 revolt against ...

Winter takes no prisoners in Warsaw. Prevailing winds tug freezing air down from Siberia and the city shivers. Archipelagoes of ice float on the Vistula. Pallid pedestrians shuffle along rimy ...