On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany launched their invasion into Poland marking the beginning of World War II. Among those units invading Poland was that of Lieutenant Hans-Albrecht Herzner. But when ...

Prologue On December 20, 2025, the European Union (EU) almost crossed the Rubicon. It tried seizing Russian financial assets in Belgium for funding and ...

Historians have debated for decades whether the U.S. should have entered WWII earlier. The U.S. officially joined the global conflict after the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941. Prior to that, ...

Major American wars where Christians killed other Christians include the American Revolution (50,000 lives lost), the War of ...

Free Word's Weather Stations writer-in-residence, Xiaolu Guo visited Poland this month. Here is her diary from the trip.

Philosopher and cultural critic Boris Buden speaks about post-communist countries ‘path to Europe’ and its colonial consequences.

As 2025 starts to wind down, spooky season is back in full force. For that reason, it’s the perfect time to load up ...

Fort VII in Poznan, Poland’s first Nazi concentration camp and prototype for European camps, serves as a sobering museum ...

The director of Warsaw’s Jewish cemetery has been fired following a dispute over restoration projects on the site, which he ...

Poland detained a Russian archaeologist who works on an ancient site in Crimea, which Russia seized in 2014. Ukraine calls the work illegal. By Valerie Hopkins Reporting from Berlin The Kremlin has ...

European nations are constructing a defensive wall along NATO's eastern frontier as Western intelligence agencies warn Russia ...

A summit meant to showcase cooperation between Poland and Germany turned into a public dispute over World War II reparations Monday. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and German Chancellor Friedrich ...