A Jewish family is attempting to regain the house in Poland where Pope John Paul II was born. Ron Balamuth, whose grandfather rented rooms to the pope’s father in the town of Wadowice before World War II, visited Poland to investigate how he could recover title to the house, which now serves as a museum on the pontiff’s life.
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