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MONIKA SCISLOWSKA

Amber crucifixes and golden jewelry that were confiscated by Nazi Germans from Stanislawa Wasilewska and returned to relatives in a ceremony in Warsaw, Poland, on September 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
September 12, 2024, 8:27 am
Jewelry seized from Poles in Nazi concentration camps returned to families
Germany’s Arolsen Archives hands over Stanislawa Wasilewska’s bracelet, watch and crucifixes to her grandson and great-granddaughter at an emotional ceremony in Warsaw
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
A Catholic priest conducts a funeral service for remains of over 700 victims of German crimes of the World War II, discovered in the so-called Valley of Death, at the Minor Basilica of the Holy Trinity of St. John the Baptist in Chojnice, Poland, on September 2, 2024. (Sergei GAPON / AFP)
September 2, 2024, 5:51 pm
Poland holds state burial for over 700 World War II victims of Nazi Germany
Teachers, priests, police officers, forestry and postal workers, and landowners were among hundreds massacred in Chojnice in early 1945
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
This handout picture provided by the Polish Institute in Tokyo on May 31, 2023 shows the 16th century baroque painting 'Madonna with Child' attributed to Alessandro Turchi. (Polish Institute in Tokyo/ Przemyslaw Sliwinski via AP)
May 31, 2023, 7:57 pm
Priceless painting looted by Nazis during World War II returns to Poland from Japan
‘Madonna with Child,’ attributed to 16th Century painter Alessandro Turchi; current owner, Japanese authorities agree to hand it back
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
The Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline and the transfer station of the OPAL gas pipeline, the Baltic Sea Pipeline Link, lit by the evening sun in Lubmin, Germany, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
September 27, 2022, 3:14 pm
Danish premier says ‘cannot rule out’ sabotage to Russian gas pipelines
Leaks detected in Nord Stream pipelines between Russia and Germany that have been at center of energy war since Moscow’s forces invaded Ukraine
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and JAN M. OLSEN
German soldiers try to dislodge snipers in Warsaw during the Nazi invasion of Poland in September 1939 in World War II. (AP Photo)
September 1, 2022, 1:27 pm
Poland to demand $1.3 trillion in WWII reparations from Germany
Deputy PM makes bombshell announcement at the release of a report on the cost to the country of years of Nazi occupation, as it marks 83 years since the start of the war
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
Members of far-right groups light flares as they try to dominate the annual Independence Day march in Warsaw, Poland, on November 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
November 11, 2021, 10:12 pm
Far-right nationalists march in Poland amid border crisis with Belarus
‘We thank the defenders of Poland’s borders,’ placards read; Polish independence day overshadowed by thousands of riot police and troops turning back migrants trying to enter EU
By Vanessa Gera and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
In this Thursday, June 21, 2018 file photo, Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with his Polish counterpart Jacek Czaputowicz in Warsaw, Poland. Poland is reviving plans to reconstruct a historic Warsaw palace where the German Enigma machine codes were first cracked in 1932 and which Nazi German occupying forces blew up in 1944, it was announced Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, file)
July 8, 2021, 12:46 am
Poland to rebuild historic palace where Nazi Enigma machine first cracked
Reconstruction of Saski Palace, blown up by Nazis when they leveled Warsaw, has been planned for years to symbolize city’s rebirth
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
Holocaust scholars Barbara Engelking, left, and Jan Grabowski, right. (Yad Vashem via AP / courtesy)
February 9, 2021, 8:41 pm
Poland orders Holocaust scholars to apologize in case that could muzzle research
Court rules Barbara Engelking and Jan Grabowski disseminated false information and harmed the honor of a man they said helped kill Jews in WWII; his niece brought the suit
By Vanessa Gera and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski, left, poses for the media with Stanislaw Buchala, right, who received the Israeli distinction of the Righteous Among the Nations on behalf of his late grandparents, Stefania and Jan Buchala, who saved Polanski, from the Holocaust in 1943-45, during the ceremony of bestowing the honor in Gliwice, Poland, October 15, 2020.(Michal Buksa/AP)
October 16, 2020, 7:46 am
Roman Polanski pays tribute to Poles who saved him from Holocaust
Stefania and Jan Buchala posthumously declared as ‘Righteous Among the Nations,’ an honor given to those who helped protect Jews from Nazis
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
Incumbent President Andrzej Duda, left, and his wife Agata Kornhauser-Duda wave to supporters in Pultusk, Poland, July 12, 2020 (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
July 15, 2020, 6:41 pm
Russian prankster poses as UN chief, reaches Polish president
State security investigating how Vladimir Kuznetsov got through to Andrzej Duda and whether Russia’s secret services were involved
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
This combination of pictures shows Polish President Andrzej Duda (R) flashing V-signs after addressing supporters as exit poll results were announced during the presidential election in Lowicz, Poland, on June 28, 2020 and Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, a candidate, flashing V-signs to supporters as exit poll results were announced during the presidential election in Warsaw, Poland, on June 28, 2020. (Photos by Wojtek RADWANSKI and JANEK SKARZYNSKI / AFP)
July 13, 2020, 12:18 am
Poland’s momentous presidential runoff too close to call
Election widely seen as referendum on Poland’s future after several years in which ruling Law and Justice Party shifted country increasingly rightward
By Vanessa Gera and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
In this photo from September 6, 2018, Georgette Mosbacher stands next to an American flag after receiving her credentials as new United States ambassador to Poland in Warsaw. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)
December 30, 2019, 4:23 pm
US envoy defends Poland from false Russian claims that it started WWII
Georgette Mosbacher rebuffs Putin’s argument that Warsaw colluded with West and Hitler to start war, which was sparked by Nazi Germany and Soviet Union
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
Leader of Poland's ruling party Jaroslaw Kaczynski, center, and party activists react to exit poll results after voting closed in the nation's parliamentary election in Warsaw , Poland, October 13 ,2019. (AP Photo)
October 14, 2019, 4:16 am
Poland’s conservative ruling party declares victory in divided nation
Critics fear nationalist Law and Justice could reverse country’s recent democratic achievements, including by hampering judiciary and marginalizing minorities
By Vanessa Gera and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
The POLIN Museum of Jewish History in Warsaw, Poland, opened in 2014 (Matt Lebovic/The Times of Israel)
July 16, 2019, 9:30 pm
Fearing for its future, donors suspend funds for Poland’s Jewish museum
Contributions to renowned POLIN museum frozen over concerns about government’s failure to renew term of incumbent director
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
Supporter of the far-right movement Oboz Narodowo Radykalny (National Radical Camp) wearing a cape reading 'Anti-Antifa. Good night left side' attends the 'March of Independence,' on November 11, 2018, in Warsaw to mark 100 years of Polish independence. (Janek SKARZYNSKI / AFP)
November 11, 2018, 8:00 pm
Polish leaders march with far-right groups to mark Independence Day
At event attended by 200,000, president, prime minister appear alongside nationalists brandishing fascist symbols
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and Vanessa Gera
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