When Germany invaded Poland on Sept. 1, 1939, starting World War II, the Polish people's troubles were just beginning. About two weeks later, the Soviet Union invaded Poland from the east. The Polish ...

There was a big 95th birthday celebration Tuesday in Lake Barrington for the amazing life of a World War II veteran, who fought with the Polish resistance. His life began as a nightmare: Bogdan ...

An auditorium of eager kids in Washington, Okla., were on the edge of their seats a few weeks ago as author Jennifer A. Nielsen told them about Lidia Durr Zakrzewski, a teenager who joined the Polish ...

CHELMSFORD — When Stanislawa “Stasia” Krygowska Woltosz, nee Ferus, was a teenager in the southeastern Polish village of Odrzykon, she remembers seeing what she first believed to be military exercises ...

When childhood becomes a luxury that you can no longer afford. For children of war, it's reality. It's also the start of a ...

Set against the harrowing events of September 1, 1939, the novel begins with the unprovoked and brutal German blitzkrieg against Poland—an act that triggered the full-scale outbreak of World War II.

The Bielski Partisans waged plenty of combat action against the Nazi scourge, much to the chagrin of the oppressors. January 27 was International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and to commemorate that ...

Most conscripts, some of whom were minors as young as 16, served in auxiliary positions in Norway, France, Serbia and Greece; they were not fully trusted. It is estimated that 90,000 of them fled, or ...