The Nazi regime has gone down in history as one of the most monstrous regimes…
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Following the Soviet Invasion of Poland, 16 days after Nazi Germany invaded Poland in 1939,…
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Major Crimes in History
Eight of the Strangest Unsolved Murders of the 20th Century
by Joseph Greenby Joseph GreenMurder can be a tricky business to unpick, and the real world rarely offers as…
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The Battle of Mohi, also known as the Battle of the Sajo River or the…
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Irena Stanislawa Sendler was a Polish social worker and humanitarian who served in World War…
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When, in 1973, permission was granted for King Casimir IV Jagiellon’s burial coffin to be…
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WWI was a brutal and vast conflict which resulted in the deaths of about 40…
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HistoryArchaeology
Buried Treasure? The Nazi Gold Train and Project Riese
by Kurt Readmanby Kurt ReadmanApproximately 80 km (50 miles) southwest of Wroclaw in Poland, the Owl Mountains dominate the…
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History
Where was the First Rzeczpospolita? Europe’s Huge Hidden Country
by Bipin Dimriby Bipin DimriRzeczpospolita, the official name of Poland, is an unfamiliar word to most. Essentially meaning “commonwealth”…
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ArchaeologyScience & Nature
Rediscovering The Aurochs: Eurasia’s Giant Cow
by Bipin Dimriby Bipin DimriAll present day cattle descend from one giant, extinct ancestor: the aurochs. This giant bovine…