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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rafal Niedzielski and Claudia Ciobanu

A secret bunker, tunnel and a Star of David tell a story of Jewish resistance in a Polish town

Poland Jewish Heritage - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A secret bunker, an underground tunnel and an armband bearing the Star of David are among the rare findings in a house in southern Poland that was used by Jews, including young members of the resistance, to hide from the Nazis.

“This armband is a witness, it’s like directly touching that evil which people created for other people,” Karolina Jakoweńko from the Cukerman’s Gate Foundation, which organized the search, told The Associated Press. Seeing it felt like a “jolt," she said.

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