But there were some notable exceptions to the role, some brave Jews who did choose to fight back against Nazi tyranny instead ...

The Second World War saw the majority of Europe succumb to Nazi occupation. The brutal repression that followed triggered ...

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the first armed battle against the Germans. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the first armed battle against the Germans, though far from the only one. Some type of ...

While the Jewish resistance faced overwhelming odds against the vastly larger and better armed German forces, the Warsaw ...

The end of the war was coming. But this did not hinder the Nazi Germans from not only smothering the uprising in the Polish capital, using divisions that were more needed on the front, but also ...

Commemorations are being held Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp by Soviet ...

Remembering the atrocities at Auschwitz is vital, but we can’t lose sight of the fact that Auschwitz is only one part of the ...

“God suffered a great deal in every single person who was here. God suffered a great deal in this place,” Cardinal Rys added.

but one of the city’s most memorable is the Warsaw Uprising Monument. This 33-foot-tall bronze sculpture was created to commemorate the thousands of Poles who fought against Nazi Germany (which ...

The 36-foot-tall memorial was completed in 1948 and was erected in the memory of the Jewish fighters who resisted the Germans during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943.

To gain a better understanding of how Poland gained independence, visit the Warsaw Uprising Museum ... touch on the country's occupation by Nazi Germany and the post-war years.