Freedom fighter Mária Wittner, former Fidesz member of parliament, died in Budapest at the age of 85. Mária Wittner. Photo by Jan Dzban / PAP (JAP)

As every year, exactly at 5 p.m., the city of Warsaw stopped for moment to mark the "W" Hour. Seventy eight years ago, exactly at 5 p.m. the insurgents grabbed their weapons to fight for their city, occupied by the Germans. Photo by PAP/Albert Zawada

As every year, exactly at 5 p.m., the city of Warsaw stopped for moment to mark the "W" Hour. Seventy eight years ago, exactly at 5 p.m. the insurgents grabbed their weapons to fight for their city, occupied by the Germans. Photo by PAP/Albert Zawada

Emánuel Aladár Korompay a Hungarian-born victim of the massacre committed against Polish military officers by the Soviet secret police NKWD, was honoured in Warsaw on Saturday. Emánuel Aladár Korompay. Photo: public domain (JAP)

The first volume of the Polish edition of Attila Szalai’s book “On Polish Soil – Memoirs, Diaries, 1976-1990” was introduced by the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) in Warsaw on Wednesday. Photo by JAP

Polish President Andrzej Duda has awarded four Hungarians post-mortem with the Virtus et Fraternitas medal in recognition of their efforts to help Polish refugees during the second world war, in a ceremony held in the presidential Belweder Palace in Warsaw.  Photo by Piotr Nowak / PAP  (JAP)

Hungary’s First Constitutional Document was issued by Andrew II on April 24, 1222. Source: Mátyás Jantyik  

On 25 January the Director of the IPN’s Office for Commemorating the Struggle and Martyrdom, Adam Siwek, unveiled a monument commemorating Witold Pilecki. The monument is located in front of the Polish-Hungarian Friendship House in Balatonboglár, Hungary. Photo by Universal Art Archive / Alamy Stock Photo / PAP/Alamy

The monument was donated by the legendary Hungarian anti-communist opposition, Tibor Pákh.    József Mindszenty. Photo by PAP/CAF (JAP)

Hungary celebrates today the 65th anniversary of the 1956 revolution and freedom fight. Photo by Nagy Gyula/Fortepan  

Personal furniture that used to belong to the 19th-century Queen Elisabeth of Hungary, also known as Sissi, including her dressing table and glass-covered cabinet, have been put on display at the Royal Palace of Gödöllő near Budapest. They were bought back at a starting price at an auction in Germany.