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FILE - In this May 4, 2018, file photo, buildings in Lower Manhattan provide a backdrop to a statue dedicated to the victims of the Katyn massacre of 1940, in Jersey City, N.J. Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop and local Polish groups announced late Saturday that they have reached an agreement on relocating the Katyn Memorial. Details on the deal will be announced during a news conference Monday, May 14. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

The Latest: Plan to move Polish memorial ignites protest

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Cannes: ‘Ida’ director plunges deeper into Polish history

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

Lewandowski heads Poland’s preliminary World Cup squad

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FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011, visitors view the painting &quot;Lady with an Ermine&quot; by Leonardo da Vinci at the exhibition in Berlin. Poland’s culture minister Piotr Glinski has survived a no-confidence vote after he was accused of wasting public money when paying 100 million euros ($120 million) to a Polish-Spanish aristocrat for an art collection that includes Leonardo da Vinci’s “Lady with an Ermine.” (Photo/Markus Schreiber, FILE)

Polish official withstands da Vinci purchase criticism

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

Buildings in Lower Manhattan provide a backdrop to a statue dedicated to the victims of the Katyn massacre of 1940, Friday, May 4, 2018, in Jersey City, N.J. Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop took to twitter to respond to Stanisław Karczewski, the speaker of the Polish senate, who has criticized Fulop after word got out that the statue will be moved. The memorial will be moved for a renovation of the plaza where it stands. The memorial commemorates the Katyn massacre of tens of thousands of Polish officers by Soviet secret police in 1940. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Dispute over statue commemorating Polish massacre heats up

By DAVID PORTER and VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Tuesday, March 27, 2018, Poland team pose before an international friendly soccer match between Poland and South Korea in Chorzow, Poland.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

WORLD CUP: Scoring machine Lewandowski powers Poland revival

By CIARAN FAHEY - Associated Press

Director Steven Spielberg, left, and actors Liam Neeson and Ben Kingsley, right, attend the &quot;Schindler's List&quot; 25th anniversary screening during the Tribeca Film Festival at Beacon Theatre on Thursday, April 26, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP)

In emotional reunion, Spielberg revisits ‘Schindler’s List’

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

Illinois, Polish military mark 25 years of cooperation

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Saving the bison: Polish bison off to help Spanish herd grow

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

US senators appeal to Poland over property restitution bill

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak, left, and U.S. ambassador to Poland Paul Jones check the just signed deal to buy the U.S. made air defense Patriot system in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, March 28, 2018. Poland has signed a $4.75 billion deal with the United States to buy the Patriot missile systems as it seeks to bolster its defenses against a resurgent Russia. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

Poland signs nearly $5 billion deal to buy US missile system

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

Protesters march through the downtown, as they demonstrate against efforts by the nation's conservative leaders to tighten Poland's already restrictive abortion law, in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, March 23, 2018. The banner reads : Women's Strike. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

Protests erupt in Poland over plan to tighten abortion law

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

Warsaw residents protest against plans by the ruling conservative party that are supported by the influential Roman Catholic Church to further tighten Poland's strict anti-abortion law, in front of the Warsaw Archbishop's residence in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, March 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Women in Poland protest plans to tighten anti-abortion law

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Visitor explore a new exhibition devoted to an anti-Semitic campaign in Poland in 1968 that was the main reaction of the communist regime in power at the time to a student rebellion in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, March 9, 2018. The exhibition is titled &quot;Estranged: March '68 and its Aftermath&quot; and is on display at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews through Sept. 24.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Brutal answer to 1968 Polish youth revolt shown in exhibit

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

Some 2,000 women march through downtown in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, March 4, 2018 in the annual feminist &quot;Manifa&quot; march held to mark International Women's Day and campaign for women's rights. Poster reads : Abortion is OK. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland: Abortion rights focus of annual women’s rights march

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Poland's Jakub Krzewina celebrates after winning the gold medal in the men's 4x400-meter relay final at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Britain, Sunday, March 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Poland sets world indoor record in 4x400-meter relay, US 2nd

By DANIELLA MATAR - Associated Press

Poland: Defense ministry under scrutiny over spending

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This Friday, Feb. 18, 2011, file photo, shows the Memorial on the grounds of the former German Nazi Death Camp Treblinka, near the village of Treblinka, northeast Poland. A Polish law that criminalizes accusing the Polish nation of crimes that were committed by Nazi Germany has taken effect, Thursday March 1, 2019. The law has sparked a crisis with Israel, where officials fear its true aim is to repress research on Poles who killed Jews during World War II, something Polish officials deny. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz, File)

Polish law criminalizing some Holocaust speech takes effect

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

Polish people are reflecting on and debating about their country's history with death camps such as Auschwitz-Birkenau, where an estimated 1.1 million people perished during World War II. (Associated Press/File)

EDITORIAL: Free speech is sometimes a thorn in every government’s side

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Perpetuating ‘the enduring myth’

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES