Antoni Dobrowolski, a former Polish teacher arrested by the Gestapo in 1942 for teaching underground lessons to students, died on Sunday at the age of 108, according to a Polish official speaking with the Associated Press.
On Monday, the U.S. National Archive released 1,000 declassified documents pertaining to the 1940 massacre of 22,000 Poles by the Soviet Union. The Cliffs Notes version? America's coverup of the infamous Katyn Massacre was more extensive than previously thought.
In less than 24 hours, two undetonated bombs were found in the cities of Warsaw and Munich causing mass evacuations, which made us wonder just how common it is to find a 70-year-old, 3,000 lb. bomb in bustling European cities.
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The Romney campaign is finalizing the plans for a quick little jaunt across the world at the end of this month to make a big foreign policy push.
The first matches of Euro 2012 will be played later today, but the tournament is already seeing signs of its worst fears coming to the surface — racist fans openly taunting black players.
After accidentally insulting Poland earlier this week, President Barack Obama sent a letter of apology to Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski, and the pair are friends once more.
It was a small word to get wrong but it had global implications: President Barack Obama's reference to a "Polish death camp" while awarding the Medal of Freedom to a Polish resistance fighter drew the ire of the Polish prime minister, who wants an apology.
Polish prosecutor Col. Mikloj Przybyl defended himself against corruption allegations behind a bank of microphones before excusing himself, stepping into the hallway and shooting himself in the head.
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