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The Motlawa River and old town in Gdansk, Poland.

Port guide: Gdansk, Poland

Eastern Europe’s great port city takes you from medieval trading times to the anti-Soviet movement, and into a lively 21st-century revival.

  • Brian Johnston

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Poland’s Radek Sikorski

Ex-war reporter turned foreign minister leading the charge to keep Russia – and China – in check

At a time when Europe’s leadership has been diffuse and distracted, Radek Sikorski has emerged as one of the West’s most forceful voices.

  • Rob Harris
French President Emmanuel Macron holds a meeting in Paris on Thursday with representatives of industries affected by the US tariffs.

‘Brutal’: Macron vows to protect Europe after US lands shock trade blow

The French president has called on EU nations to stop all investment in the United States after Donald Trump announced a 20 per cent tariff on European imports.

  • James Crisp, Nick Squires, James Rothwell and Sarah Newey
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk speaks at the Sejm, the lower house of parliament, in Warsaw, Poland, on Friday. European countries are preparing for a future without the United States in their corner.

Poland to train ‘every adult male for war’

Donald Tusk also suggested his country would be safer with its own nuclear arsenal, now the US appears to be abandoning its NATO allies.

  • James Rothwell
Holocaust survivor Stanislaw Zalewski.

‘The consequence of being considered different is active persecution’

On the anniversary of the death camp liberation, Auschwitz survivors warn the hatred that led to the horror is ever present.

  • Rob Harris
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At Auschwitz, a solemn 80th anniversary ceremony is held amid global rise in antisemitism

Auschwitz survivors warned of the dangers of rising antisemitism, as world leaders gathered to mark 80 years since the Nazi German death camp was liberated.

  • Rob Harris
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The house of Rudolf Höss, the Auschwitz camp’s wartime commandant, is seen from the former site of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp in Oswiecim, Poland.

A house at Auschwitz opens its doors to a chilling past

The home of the death camp’s wartime commandant, Rudolf Höss, which was the subject of the Oscar-winning movie The Zone of Interest, will soon welcome visitors.

  • Andrew Higgins
“That is an absurd question”: Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus during the press conference.

‘Get politics out of this’: At Auschwitz, Dreyfus tries to put focus back on Holocaust

The attorney-general says attempts to politicise antisemitism are grotesque; opposition frontbencher Jane Hume says if the left had cracked down sooner, it would not be such an issue.

  • Rob Harris
Jewish prisoners during their liberation from the Auschwitz concentration camp in January 1945.

The anniversary that shows why the Holocaust must never be forgotten

New generations forget or do not know, but the dwindling number of Holocaust survivors can bear witness and remind us how close we may be to repeating the horror.

  • The Herald's View
Postcards mean more now since they take some effort to write and send.

The world needs to keep this joyful aspect of travelling alive

The effort involved in sending a postcard has changed its status. Nowadays, when your loved ones receive a postcard, they know you’ve gone to a lot of effort.

  • Tim Richards

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