The war in Europe began in September 1939 when Nazi Germany, under Adolf Hitler, invaded Poland.

The extermination of Jews by Nazi Germany during World War II took place largely in occupied Poland. But for many Poles, Holocaust remembrance remains a challenge.

Mother Matylda Getter, superior of the Warsaw province of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary, ...

POLAND — The afternoon sun broke through northern Poland’s grey skies as we walked into a golden-yellow field hedged by ...

From a crumbling pill box in the UK to a derelict rail line in Hawaii, these are the abandoned World War II places that the ...

In just over four-and-a-half years, Nazi Germany systematically murdered at least 1.1 million people at Auschwitz, built in ...

A cadre of American relief workers stood in harm’s way—and bent more than a few rules—to help those who were targeted by the ...

“The discovered burial insignia of the monarchs of Lithuania and Poland are priceless historical ... They were put on display until World War II broke out in 1939, when they were hidden.

The world’s focus will be on the remaining survivors of Nazi Germany’s atrocities today as world leaders and royalty join ...

Dozens of world leaders, including Britain’s king and the president of Ukraine, joined a dwindling group of Nazi death camp survivors on Monday in southern Poland to commemorate the 80th anniversary ...

A Polish government minister called for a boycott of Tesla vehicles after billionaire Elon Musk said there was “too much focus on past guilt” in an apparent reference to Germany’s wartime atrocities ...

An exclusive interview with Auschwitz survivor and award-winning photographer Ryszard Horowitz, on his extraordinary life and ...