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A photograph showing the damage to Warsaw following the German invasion of Poland in September 1939. Photograph taken in October. Imperial War Museums

Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) reviewing a victory parade in Warsaw following the German invasion of Poland in September 1939. Photo taken on 5 September. (Imperial War Museums)

A reconstruction of brick bunks at Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp which was located in German-occupied Poland. Four to seven prisoners had to sleep in each compartment. Over one million people died...

A photograph showing German troops and Polish civilians following the German invasion of Poland in September 1939. Photograph taken in the Tuchola Forest, 4 September 1939. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph showing a walled-off Jewish ghetto in Warsaw following the German occupation of Poland from September 1939. (Imperial War Museums)

Portrait of Aleksander Wielopolski, photograph by Karol Beyer, c. 1861-1863. Appointed by the Tsar to dampen brewing discontent and growing independence feeling in Warsaw, Wielopolski (1803-1877), a Polish aristocrat, devised...

An aerial view of the Auschwitz I part of the complex of labour and extermination camps in Poland known as Auschwitz. Over one million people died in this complex at the hands of the Nazi SS. Auschwitz was one of the main...

The Battle, illustration in Album Grottgera by Artur Grottger, 1888. Depicted in this illustration are insurgents participating in the ill-fated January Uprising of 1863, an attempt to regain Polish independence from Tsarist...

With 2,000 square meters of exhibition space, the permanent exhibition offers numerous insights into the diverse and eventful cultural history of Silesia and explores the multicultural character of the region's history...

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of the French, was one of the most successful military commanders of the modern era. From relatively humble beginnings, he rose to prominence during the tumultuous wars of...