Institute of National Remembrance

On the Ukrainian side, many historians see them as part of the Polish-Ukrainian conflict and the UPA as a symbol of the struggle for Ukrainian independence.

Poland's Institute of National Remembrance estimates that around 60,000 Poles were killed in the Volhynia region alone.

Poland's lower house of parliament the same has passed two bills that would partly decriminalize abortion and restore the possibility of illegal termination in cases of severe fetal defect.

The first amends the criminal code so that helping a woman to have an abortion or encouraging abortion would no longer be punished.

Father Kotlarz used all the funds available to him to serve the needs of his congregation.

Michael Adamczyk, a historian at Poland's Institute of National Remembrance, created a museum exit to tell the story of Father Kotlarz's heroic efforts to assist needy workers in his parish.

Father Kotlarz became an outspoken advocate for the dignity of workers under Poland's communist regime and advocacy cost him his life in 1976.

A federal judge intervenes on behalf of nuns.