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RIA Novosti: Polish Ukrainians demand compensation for Operation Vistula [May 02, 2012] Participants of the Second Congress of Ukrainians in Poland, which took place in late April in the Polish town of Przemysl, issued a statement in which they demanded from the Polish authorities to give political and legal assessment of the Operation Vistula and recognize it as repression, Ukrainian information agency UNIAN reported. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish Ukrainians Demand Compensation for Operation Vistula [May 02, 2012] Participants of the Second Congress of Ukrainians in Poland, which took place in late April in the Polish town of Przemysl, issued a statement in which they demanded from the Polish authorities to give political and legal assessment of the Operation Vistula and recognize it as repression, Ukrainian information agency UNIAN reported. [via YahooNews] More >>

Educators revive history of Poland's Jews [Feb 17, 2012] WARSAW, POLAND -- Every Polish town and village had its Holocaust. That?s what Zuzanna Radzik wants Polish children to learn. [via YahooNews] More >>

This week in Riverhead history: Polish Town rallies against martial law [Jan 03, 2012] The following stories were excerpted from News-Review issues published 10, 15 and 30 years ago this week: 30 years ago ? Polish Town rallies against martial law About 300 area residents braved the chilly drizzle on Dec. 27, 1981 to march in support of those living under martial law in Poland in an event sponsored [...] [via YahooNews] More >>

Miracle in Polish communion wafer [Oct 03, 2011] WARSAW, Poland (AP) ? Roman Catholics in Poland gathered Sunday for a special Mass celebrating what they see as a miracle: the appearance on a communion wafer of a dark spot that they are convinced is part of the heart of Jesus. The communion wafer in question developed a brown spot in 2008 after falling on the floor during a Mass in the eastern Polish town of Sokolka. Two medical doctors ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish Catholics see miracle in communion wafer [Oct 02, 2011] VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland Roman Catholics in Poland gathered Sunday for a special Mass celebrating what they see as a miracle: the appearance on a communion wafer of a dark spot that they are convinced is part of the heart of Jesus. The communion wafer in question developed a brown spot in 2008 after falling on the floor during a Mass in the eastern Polish town of Sokolka. Two ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish Catholics see miracle in communion wafer [Oct 02, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland Roman Catholics in Poland have attended a special Mass celebrating what they believe to be a miracle: the appearance on a communion wafer of a dark spot that they are convinced is the heart of Jesus. The communion wafer in question developed a brown spot in 2008 after falling on the floor during a Mass in the eastern Polish town of Sokolka ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Vandals deface Polish monument to massacre of Jews [Sep 01, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland Vandals have defaced a monument in the Polish town of Jedwabne that commemorates a World War II massacre of Jews. The monument commemorates the killings of July 10, 1941, when about 40 Poles hunted down Jews, closed them in a barn and burned alive, killing between 300 and 400 people. It was a case of local people collaborating with the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Vandals deface Polish monument to massacre of Jews [Sep 01, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland Vandals have defaced a monument in the Polish town of Jedwabne that commemorates a World War II massacre of Jews. The monument commemorates the killings of July 10, 1941, when about 40 Poles hunted down Jews, closed them in a barn and burned alive, killing between 300 and 400 people. It was a case of local people collaborating with the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland's Jews celebrate reopening of synagogue [Apr 05, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press ZAMOSC, Poland Jewish leaders and foreign dignitaries have gathered to celebrate the reopening of an important Renaissance synagogue in Poland. The synagogue is a jewel of Renaissance architecture located in the eastern Polish town of Zamosc. It is considered one of the most important surviving synagogues in a country that was home to Europe's largest ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Restored Renaissance synagogue to reopen in Poland [Apr 03, 2011] VANESSA GERA Associated Press ZAMOSC, Poland Seventy-two years after the Nazis arrived, the Polish town of Zamosc is getting its synagogue back. One of the most important surviving synagogues in Poland, a Renaissance gem looted by the Nazis and suffering from decades of neglect, is reopening this week after a meticulous restoration, part of an effort to reclaim the country's decimated Jewish ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Restored Renaissance synagogue to reopen in Poland [Apr 03, 2011] VANESSA GERA Associated Press ZAMOSC, Poland Seventy-two years after the Nazis arrived, the Polish town of Zamosc is getting its synagogue back. One of the most important surviving synagogues in Poland, a Renaissance gem looted by the Nazis and suffering from decades of neglect, is reopening this week after a meticulous restoration, part of an effort to reclaim the country's decimated Jewish ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Renaissance synagogue in Poland get restoration in effort to reclaim Poland?s Jewish heritage [Apr 03, 2011] ZAMOSC, Poland ? Seventy-two years after the Nazis arrived, the Polish town of Zamosc is getting its synagogue back. [via YahooNews] More >>