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Discontent among the Poles already threatens to overshadow an upcoming conference on Ukraine's post-war reconstruction scheduled later this month in the northern Polish city of Gdansk.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Poles said: ''Whenever Scott and I come together there is that discussion because we have sons of similar age.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

The American turn to monolingualism did not occur until after the Civil War, when new immigrants from southern and eastern Europe began to arrive in large numbers: Italians, Poles, Greeks and Ashkenazi Jews.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026

Jean Rossi, a French business lawyer who has long been based in Poland, said he believed that "this miracle is primarily due to the Poles themselves".

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

My father said the Nazis had killed millions of Poles.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys