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Jewish descendants memorialize community lost to Nazis in Polish town

Children and grandchildren of Jews who fled Końskie after a Nazi massacre express surprise at the town's enthusiastic support for their visit

Itamar Eichner | 08.21.23

Remains of medieval synagogue discovered in Poland

University of Wrocław asserts that there is a strong likelihood that the remains of a 14th-century synagogue were integrated into the walls of the subsequent city palace

Itamar Eichner | 08.14.23

Surge in antisemitic tropes in Polish media in run-up to elections, Jewish group claims

European Jewish Congress says its president, Moshe Kantor, who has ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been singled out for particular vitriol, conspiracy theories

Ynetnews | 08.07.23

Archival: Jewish cemetery vandalized in France, 2015

Jewish cemetery vandalized in Poland, tombstones defaced

Some headstones in Jewish cemetery in Katowice suffer irreversible damage; culprits caught on security cameras, complaint filed with local police

Itamar Eichner | 07.18.23

Israeli delegation conserves dilapidated Jewish cemeteries

Israeli representatives travel to Poland and Serbia alongside international volunteers in order to make Jewish cemeteries forgotten by time active again

Ynetnews | 07.10.23

Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum introduces virtual tour

Israeli companies behind the project and Holocaust survivors say the new virtual tour provides a modern solution to see the camp in a way that's accessible and convenient for everyone

Itamar Eichner, Poland | 07.06.23

פאבל יבלונסקי סגן שר החוץ של פולין ביד ושם

Polish official: 'Poles were also sent to death camps'

Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Paweł Jabłoński says In Israel visit focus on 'isolated' cases of Poles collaborating with Nazis amounts to Holocaust denial

Itamar Eichner | 06.07.23

Sole Lodz synagogue to survive Holocaust triumphs over demolition plans

After local real estate developers in central Polish city planned to demolish the historic building, a solution has been found and the old Reicher Synagogue will be added to the list of preserved sites

Itamar Eichner | 06.04.23

Auschwitz survivors pay homage at camp on Holocaust remembrance day 2019

Auschwitz Museum condemns Polish political video using images of camp

The short video posted on social media by the ruling Law and Justice Party aims to discourage people from attending an opposition march in Warsaw

Reuters | 05.31.23

Israeli pop star Noa Kirel responds to Polish controversy

'Things are kind of taken out of context,' Kirel says of post-Eurovision dust-up; Poland and I have been in a love affair for a while

Paz Grace/i24NEWS | 05.23.23

Kyiv's Jewish community elders return home after months at Polish shelter

Some 200 elderly people from Ukrainian capital’s Jewish community stayed in guesthouses in Lublin and Lodz to escape ravages of winter and war; ‘In Poland, we had the opportunity to provide them with quality medical care, in a special hospital for elderly and without fear of missiles and the terror of war,’ says Rabbi Jonathan Markovich

Gilad Meiri | 05.22.23

Wizz Air nixes $16 flight to Poland citing mistake

Hungarian low-cost carrier blames malfunction in the reservation system miss-posted prices to Poalnd and Italy, promises customers a full refund

Daniel Salama | 05.21.23

Poland invites Noa Kirel for visit after 'painful' Eurovision remarks

Warsaw takes issue with singer celebrating ‘victory’ for getting full marks for final performance from Poland where members of her family perished in the Holocaust

Ran Boker | 05.20.23

Jurgen Stroop report on the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto

Rare Nazi documents exhibited in Poland archive

Israeli Ambassador invited to archive to view chilling accounts of extermination of Galicia Jews, destruction of Warsaw ghetto after the uprising there and a schedule of trains transporting Jews from the Polish capital to Treblinka

Itamar Eichner | 05.18.23

Yad Vashem, academics, institutions, condemn Poland attack on Holocaust historian

Dispute reflects the governing Law and Justice party’s ongoing push for a patriotic narrative of the past that scholars such as Engelking say erases Polish crimes against Jews during the war

Dinah Spritzer/JTA | 04.30.23

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