http://s.huffpost.com/images/HuffingtonPost_250x20.png tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2012:/tag/poland Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/29/obama-polish-death-camp_n_1554678.html 2012-05-29T23:11:34Z 2012-05-29T23:11:34Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- The White House said President Barack Obama misspoke on Tuesday when he referred to a "Polish death camp" while honoring a Polish war he... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/obama-death-camp">Obama Death Camp</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/holocaust">Holocaust</a>, <a href="/tag/poland">Poland</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-polish-death-camp">Obama Polish Death Camp</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-misspoke">Obama Misspoke</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-adam-daniel-rotfeld">Obama Adam Daniel Rotfeld</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-jan-karski">Obama Jan Karski</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-storozynski/jan-karski-presidential-medal-of-freedom_b_1553057.html 2012-05-29T15:53:03Z 2012-05-29T15:53:08Z Alex Storozynski http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-storozynski/ After escaping Soviet imprisonment and being savagely tortured by the Gestapo, Karski risked his life to sneak past German guards into the ghetto to see how the Nazis were abusing Jews. Karski then disguised himself as a Ukrainian guard to visit a transfer station that sorted Jews on their way to the death camps. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/jan-karski">Jan Karski</a>, <a href="/tag/nazi-germany">Nazi Germany</a>, <a href="/tag/holocaust">Holocaust</a>, <a href="/tag/righteous-among-the-nations">Righteous Among the Nations</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-poland">Obama Poland</a>, <a href="/tag/poland">Poland</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/museum-of-the-history-of-polish-jews">Museum of the History of Polish Jews</a>, <a href="/tag/wwii">Wwii</a>, <a href="/tag/world-war-two">World War Two</a>, <a href="/tag/world-war-ii">World War II</a>, <a href="/tag/medal-of-freedom">Medal of Freedom</a>, <a href="/tag/jan-karski-medal-of-freedom">Jan Karski Medal of Freedom</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/29/polish-orchestra-plays_n_1553169.html 2012-05-29T12:42:29Z 2012-05-29T12:53:59Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WARSAW, Poland &mdash; A Polish opera house has performed Mozart's Requiem &ndash; a funeral piece &ndash; in front of the Culture Ministry in Warsaw ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/chamber-opera">Chamber Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/mozart">Mozart</a>, <a href="/tag/poland">Poland</a>, <a href="/tag/budget-cuts">Budget Cuts</a>, <a href="/tag/opera">Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/polish-opera-protest">Polish Opera Protest</a>, <a href="/tag/funding">Funding</a>, <a href="/tag/orchestra">Orchestra</a>, <a href="/tag/bogdan-zdrojewski">Bogdan Zdrojewski</a>, <a href="/tag/warsaw-opera">Warsaw Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/culture-minister">Culture Minister</a>, <a href="/tag/requiem">Requiem</a>, <a href="/tag/opera-budget-cuts">Opera Budget Cuts</a>, <a href="/arts">Arts News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/22/euro-2012-condoms-poland-safe-sex_n_1536677.html 2012-05-22T13:32:48Z 2012-05-22T13:39:38Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WARSAW, Poland -- Polish health officials say they will distribute free condoms to hundreds of thousands of fans attending Euro 2012 as part of a safe... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/euro-2012-play-fair">Euro 2012 Play Fair</a>, <a href="/tag/poland">Poland</a>, <a href="/tag/euro-2012-safe-sex">Euro 2012 Safe Sex</a>, <a href="/tag/european-soccer">European Soccer</a>, <a href="/tag/euro-2012">Euro 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/euro-2012-poland">Euro 2012 Poland</a>, <a href="/tag/european-cup-2012">European Cup 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/uefa-euro-2012">Uefa Euro 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/euro-2012-condoms">Euro 2012 Condoms</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/18/poland-afghanistan_n_1527799.html 2012-05-18T13:09:35Z 2012-05-18T13:13:16Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WARSAW, Poland -- Poland's president says he will press NATO leaders at an upcoming summit to stick to plans to end its military mission in Afghanista... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/nato-summit-2012">Nato Summit 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/afghanistan-war-blog">Afghanistan War Blog</a>, <a href="/tag/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/tag/poland">Poland</a>, <a href="/tag/poland-afghanistan">Poland Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/tag/afghanistan-2014">Afghanistan 2014</a>, <a href="/tag/nato-summit">Nato Summit</a>, <a href="/tag/afghanistan-war">Afghanistan War</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/17/katowice-street-art-festival_n_1522100.html 2012-05-17T08:00:46Z 2012-05-17T07:37:19Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ The streets of Eastern Europe are some of the greatest examples of open air galleries, as street artists from the Czech Republic to Russia have taken ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/street-art-festival">Street Art Festival</a>, <a href="/tag/eastern-european-art">Eastern European Art</a>, <a href="/tag/poland">Poland</a>, <a href="/tag/street-art">Street Art</a>, <a href="/tag/roa">Roa</a>, <a href="/tag/ganzeer">Ganzeer</a>, <a href="/tag/escif">Escif</a>, <a href="/tag/katowice">Katowice</a>, <a href="/tag/slideexpand">Slideexpand</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/arts">Arts News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/15/lodz-zoo-break-in-dead-giraffes_n_1517613.html 2012-05-15T11:09:45Z 2012-05-15T09:32:45Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two female giraffes at a zoo in central Poland died after vandals broke into the facility, and officials are trying to find a ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/lodz-dead-giraffes">Lodz Dead Giraffes</a>, <a href="/tag/tofik-giraffe">Tofik Giraffe</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/lodz-zoo">Lodz Zoo</a>, <a href="/tag/poland">Poland</a>, <a href="/tag/poland-giraffes">Poland Giraffes</a>, <a href="/tag/poland-zoo-giraffes">Poland Zoo Giraffes</a>, <a href="/tag/lodz-zoo-break-in">Lodz Zoo Break-In</a>, <a href="/tag/giraffes">Giraffes</a>, <a href="/tag/lodz-giraffes">Lodz Giraffes</a>, <a href="/tag/lodz-poland">Lodz Poland</a>, <a href="/tag/animals">Animals</a>, <a href="/tag/lodz-zoo-dead-giraffes">Lodz Zoo Dead Giraffes</a>, <a href="/tag/ap">Ap</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/11/5-free-activities-in-gdansk_n_1510572.html 2012-05-11T16:26:05Z 2012-05-11T16:26:05Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ GDANSK, Poland -- Gdansk offers a chance for visitors to take in scenes of sea, ships and spires set in a magnificently reconstructed Old Town while c... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/gdansk">Gdansk</a>, <a href="/tag/international-destinations">International Destinations</a>, <a href="/tag/poland">Poland</a>, <a href="/tag/gdansk-travel">Gdansk Travel</a>, <a href="/tag/europe">Europe</a>, <a href="/tag/destinations">Destinations</a>, <a href="/tag/europe-travel">Europe Travel</a>, <a href="/tag/poland-travel">Poland Travel</a>, <a href="/travel">Travel News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-smolenyak-smolenyak/martha-stewart-family-tree_b_1500321.html 2012-05-08T14:53:00Z 2012-05-08T14:52:15Z Megan Smolenyak http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-smolenyak-smolenyak/ Martha's grandfather, Frank Kostyra, owned a tavern in Jersey City. On the 4th of July 1929, two boys stuck a piece of dynamite in the foundation of the tavern, causing an explosion. It's somewhat remarkable that the building is still a tavern today. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/communism">Communism</a>, <a href="/tag/slavic">Slavic</a>, <a href="/tag/martha-stewart">Martha Stewart</a>, <a href="/tag/jersey-city">Jersey City</a>, <a href="/tag/heritage">Heritage</a>, <a href="/tag/poland">Poland</a>, <a href="/tag/ancestry">Ancestry</a>, <a href="/tag/family-tree">Family Tree</a>, <a href="/tag/immigration">Immigration</a>, <a href="/tag/genealogy">Genealogy</a>, <a href="/tag/family-history">Family History</a>, <a href="/tag/ellis-island">Ellis Island</a>, <a href="/tag/martha-stewart-family">Martha Stewart Family</a>, <a href="/tag/martha-stewart-living">Martha Stewart Living</a>, <a href="/tag/martha-stewart-daughter">Martha Stewart Daughter</a>, <a href="/celebrity">Celebrity News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tony-phillips/polish-dentist-removes-te_b_1466622.html 2012-05-01T09:37:12Z 2012-05-01T09:36:38Z Tony Phillips http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tony-phillips/ I was watching fishing or the UFC, I can't remember which, and the missus calls from the other side of the room, "Listen to this... " and proceeded to fill me in on the details in an episode of misanthropy so grisly even Eastern Europeans seem to disapprove. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/ex-girlfriend-revenge">Ex-Girlfriend Revenge</a>, <a href="/tag/pulled-tooth">Pulled Tooth</a>, <a href="/tag/malpractice">Malpractice</a>, <a href="/tag/teeth-pulled">Teeth Pulled</a>, <a href="/tag/val-kilmer">Val Kilmer</a>, <a href="/tag/wroclaw">Wroclaw</a>, <a href="/tag/dentistry">Dentistry</a>, <a href="/tag/poland">Poland</a>, <a href="/tag/anna-mackowiak">Anna Mackowiak</a>, <a href="/tag/marek-olszewski">Marek Olszewski</a>, <a href="/tag/woman-pulls-all-exs-teeth">Woman Pulls All Ex&#039;s Teeth</a>, <a href="/weird-news">Weird News News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diana-scholl/lgbt-youth_b_1400456.html 2012-04-05T15:34:00Z 2012-04-05T15:34:56Z Diana Scholl http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diana-scholl/ <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diana-scholl/lgbt-youth_b_1400456.html" target="_hplink"><img alt="2012-04-05-lgbtyouth.jpg" src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2012-04-05-lgbtyouth.jpg" width="300" height="80" /></a> <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/leslielohman-gay-art-foundation">Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/we-are-the-youth">We Are the Youth</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt">Lgbt</a>, <a href="/tag/poland">Poland</a>, <a href="/tag/brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt-youth">LGBT Youth</a>, <a href="/tag/dadt">Dadt</a>, <a href="/tag/williamsburg-brooklyn">Williamsburg Brooklyn</a>, <a href="/tag/gay">Gay</a>, <a href="/tag/junior-rotc">Junior ROTC</a>, <a href="/tag/lesbian">Lesbian</a>, <a href="/tag/rotc">Rotc</a>, <a href="/gay-voices">Gay Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/31/cia-secret-prison-polish-_n_1393385.html 2012-03-31T08:54:20Z 2012-03-31T08:54:20Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WARSAW, Poland &mdash; For years, the notion that Poland could allow the CIA to operate a secret prison in a remote lake region was treated as a crack... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/george-bush">George Bush</a>, <a href="/tag/harsh-interrogation-tactics">Harsh Interrogation Tactics</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/central-intelligence-agency">Central Intelligence Agency</a>, <a href="/tag/cia">Cia</a>, <a href="/tag/poland-secret-prison">Poland Secret Prison</a>, <a href="/tag/poland">Poland</a>, <a href="/tag/waterboarding">Waterboarding</a>, <a href="/tag/cia-secret-prison">Cia Secret Prison</a>, <a href="/tag/torture">Torture</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/28/lech-kaczynski-plane-crash_n_1386311.html 2012-03-28T16:47:32Z 2012-03-28T16:47:32Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WARSAW, Poland &mdash; The twin brother of the Polish president who died in a 2010 plane crash in Russia claimed Wednesday that the accident is lookin... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/poland-president-plane-crash">Poland President Plane Crash</a>, <a href="/tag/jaroslaw-kaczinski">Jaroslaw Kaczinski</a>, <a href="/tag/poland">Poland</a>, <a href="/tag/polish-president-plane-crash">Polish President Plane Crash</a>, <a href="/tag/lech-kaczynski-plane-crash">Lech Kaczynski Plane Crash</a>, <a href="/tag/lech-kaczynski">Lech Kaczynski</a>, <a href="/tag/poland-president">Poland President</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/26/tests-reveal-aging-of-da-_0_n_1379576.html 2012-03-26T10:09:31Z 2012-03-26T10:18:06Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WARSAW, Poland &mdash; Bark beetles and old age have damaged Leonardo da Vinci's 15th-century painting "Lady with an Ermine," but the masterpiece is s... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/poland">Poland</a>, <a href="/tag/museums">Museums</a>, <a href="/tag/leonardo-da-vinci">Leonardo Da Vinci</a>, <a href="/tag/da-vinci">Da Vinci</a>, <a href="/tag/polands-national-museum">Poland&#039;s National Museum</a>, <a href="/tag/da-vinci-painting">Da Vinci Painting</a>, <a href="/tag/painting-aging">Painting Aging</a>, <a href="/tag/art-museums">Art Museums</a>, <a href="/tag/lady-with-an-ermine">Lady With an Ermine</a>, <a href="/arts">Arts News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/23/2010-plane-crash-remains-exhumed_n_1376184.html 2012-03-23T16:13:38Z 2012-03-23T17:17:16Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WARSAW, Poland -- One autopsy report describes organs that had been removed years before. Another adds 20 centimeters (nearly 8 inches) to a short man... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/russia">Russia</a>, <a href="/tag/russia-poland">Russia Poland</a>, <a href="/tag/poland">Poland</a>, <a href="/tag/plane-crash-victims">Plane Crash Victims</a>, <a href="/tag/plane-crash-victims-exhumed">Plane Crash Victims Exhumed</a>, <a href="/tag/russia-plane-crash">Russia Plane Crash</a>, <a href="/tag/2010-plane-crash">2010 Plane Crash</a>, <a href="/tag/poland-plane-crash">Poland Plane Crash</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mj-rosenberg/soledad-obrien-race-theory-_b_1349619.html 2012-03-15T18:41:00Z 2012-03-15T18:42:03Z MJ Rosenberg http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mj-rosenberg/ To trivialize anti-Semitism (and by extension the Holocaust) by tossing the "anti-Semite"<br /> charge around with joyful recklessness is ugly, disrespectful, and obscene. Is it too much to ask the right to show a little respect for the dead? <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/anti-semitism">Anti-Semitism</a>, <a href="/tag/andrew-breitbart">Andrew Breitbart</a>, <a href="/tag/george-soros">George Soros</a>, <a href="/tag/israel">Israel</a>, <a href="/tag/poland">Poland</a>, <a href="/tag/soledad-obrien">Soledad O&#039;Brien</a>, <a href="/tag/cnn">Cnn</a>, <a href="/tag/soledad-o%253Fbrien-cnn">Soledad O?Brien Cnn</a>, <a href="/tag/soledad-o%253Fbrien-race-theory">Soledad O?Brien Race Theory</a>, <a href="/media">Media News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alexander-goerlach/francois-hollande-the-ave_b_1343930.html 2012-03-15T10:52:32Z 2012-03-15T10:57:32Z Alexander Goerlach http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alexander-goerlach/ We are not interested in a return to a situation where Germany towers over its neighbors. We are wary of the nationalist rhetoric that is resurging in Poland or France. Didn't we conclude that nationalism, too, was a thing of the past? <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/european-union">European Union</a>, <a href="/tag/europe">Europe</a>, <a href="/tag/poland">Poland</a>, <a href="/tag/germany">Germany</a>, <a href="/tag/france">France</a>, <a href="/tag/francois-hollande">François Hollande</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/15/poland-fracking-shale-gas-production_n_1347079.html 2012-03-15T10:49:56Z 2012-03-15T09:01:56Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's treasury minister said Thursday that the country may start producing shale gas for commercial use in 2014, a move tha... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/energy">Energy</a>, <a href="/tag/poland-shale-gas">Poland Shale Gas</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/poland-energy">Poland Energy</a>, <a href="/tag/poland-hydraulic-fracturing">Poland Hydraulic Fracturing</a>, <a href="/tag/shale-gas">Shale Gas</a>, <a href="/tag/fracking">Fracking</a>, <a href="/tag/poland">Poland</a>, <a href="/tag/poland-fracking">Poland Fracking</a>, <a href="/tag/oil-shale">Oil Shale</a>, <a href="/tag/hydraulic-fracturing">Hydraulic Fracturing</a>, <a href="/tag/ap">Ap</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/09/poland-food-recall_n_1334392.html 2012-03-09T09:03:56Z 2012-03-09T09:03:10Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WARSAW, Poland -- Polish health authorities have ordered the withdrawal from the market of more than 230,000 kilograms (500,000 pounds) of pickles, br... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/industrial-salt">Industrial Salt</a>, <a href="/tag/poland-food-recall">Poland Food Recall</a>, <a href="/tag/poland">Poland</a>, <a href="/tag/poland-road-salt-recall">Poland Road Salt Recall</a>, <a href="/tag/road-salt">Road Salt</a>, <a href="/tag/food-safety">Food Safety</a>, <a href="/tag/food-recall">Food Recall</a>, <a href="/tag/road-salt-recall">Road Salt Recall</a>, <a href="/tag/poland-road-salt">Poland Road Salt</a>, <a href="/tag/500">500</a>, <a href="/tag/500000-pounds-food">500000 Pounds Food</a>, <a href="/food">Food News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/04/poland-train-crash-szczekociny_n_1319309.html 2012-03-04T08:21:00Z 2012-03-04T08:21:00Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ By Janusz Chmielewski SZCZEKOCINY, Poland, March 4 (Reuters) - The death toll from Poland's worst rail crash in two decades rose to 16... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/polish-train-crash">Polish Train Crash</a>, <a href="/tag/high-speed-train-crash">High Speed Train Crash</a>, <a href="/tag/poland-train-crash">Poland Train Crash</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/poland">Poland</a>, <a href="/tag/reuters">Reuters</a>, <a href="/tag/szczekociny-train-crash">Szczekociny Train Crash</a>, <a href="/tag/szczekociny">Szczekociny</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/03/kotelnica-mountain-become_n_1318250.html 2012-03-03T09:45:40Z 2012-03-03T10:02:30Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ BIALKA TATRZANSKA, Poland -- Just years ago, winter was a dead season for the Kotelnica Mountain, quiet under a quilt of snow.<br /> <br /> Today Kotelnica vibrat... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/poland-skiing">Poland Skiing</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/kotelnica-mountain">Kotelnica Mountain</a>, <a href="/tag/international-destinations">International Destinations</a>, <a href="/tag/poland">Poland</a>, <a href="/tag/kotelnica-mountain-poland">Kotelnica Mountain Poland</a>, <a href="/tag/poland-travel">Poland Travel</a>, <a href="/tag/skiing">Skiing</a>, <a href="/travel">Travel News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/24/jozef-kowalski-captain_n_1299186.html 2012-02-24T11:59:56Z 2012-02-24T10:39:56Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's Defense Ministry says a 112-year-old veteran of both World Wars has been promoted to captain.<br /> The mini... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/poland-jozef-kowalski">Poland Jozef Kowalski</a>, <a href="/tag/poland-wwi-veteran">Poland Wwi Veteran</a>, <a href="/tag/jozef-kowalski-promotion">Jozef Kowalski Promotion</a>, <a href="/tag/poland">Poland</a>, <a href="/tag/ap">Ap</a>, <a href="/tag/poland-jozef-kowalski-captain">Poland Jozef Kowalski Captain</a>, <a href="/tag/poland-wwi-veteran-captain">Poland WWI Veteran Captain</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/23/poland-us-holocaust-memor_n_1296289.html 2012-02-23T09:37:33Z 2012-02-23T10:04:07Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WARSAW, Poland &mdash; Polish and U.S. officials are engaged in intense talks to determine the fate of a sensitive object: a barrack that once housed ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/holocaust">Holocaust</a>, <a href="/tag/district-of-columbia">District of Columbia</a>, <a href="/tag/poland">Poland</a>, <a href="/tag/museums">Museums</a>, <a href="/tag/us-holocaust-memorial-museum">u.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum</a>, <a href="/tag/auschwitz">Auschwitz</a>, <a href="/dc">DC News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/06/madzia-wasniewska-poland-fake-kidnapping_n_1257379.html 2012-02-06T12:13:37Z 2012-02-06T12:13:30Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WARSAW, Poland -- Flowers, teddy bears and candles piled up Monday in a southern Polish park where a mother buried her baby and then sparked a nationw... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/polish">Polish</a>, <a href="/tag/poland-baby-murder">Poland Baby Murder</a>, <a href="/tag/poland-baby-kidnapping">Poland Baby Kidnapping</a>, <a href="/tag/madzia-wasniewska">Madzia Wasniewska</a>, <a href="/tag/katarzyna-wasniewska">Katarzyna Wasniewska</a>, <a href="/tag/poland">Poland</a>, <a href="/tag/polish-baby">Polish Baby</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-lundberg/wislawa-szymborska-dead_b_1253063.html 2012-02-03T14:42:30Z 2012-02-03T14:42:15Z John Lundberg http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-lundberg/ The great Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska died Wednesday. 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