Posts Tagged: Holocaust Poland
‘This Is Unprecedented’: Leading Holocaust Experts Weigh in on Polish State’s Campaign to Rewrite History of World War II
The ongoing controversy centered on the Polish president's approval this month of legislation that shuts down Holocaust-era restitution claims should be understood as part of...
Poland’s Troubling Legislation, and the United States’ Unwavering Commitment to Holocaust Era Justice
On Saturday, August 14, Polish President Andrzej Duda signed a new bill into law that seeks to make it virtually impossible for all former Polish...
Cops in Poland Question Editor of Jewish Website Over Article on Polish Complicity With Nazi Persecution
The editor of a website devoted to Jewish life in Poland was questioned by Polish police on Thursday, following an anonymous complaint concerning an article...
Study: Polish Norms Helped Nazis Wipe Out Local Jewry
JNS.org - Large parts of the Polish population during the Holocaust believed that helping Jews went against their local norms, a new study from the Polish...
Polish Group Sues Argentine Paper Under New Holocaust Law
A Polish campaign group is suing an Argentine newspaper it says breached a new law that makes it a criminal offense to suggest Poland was...
Poland Denies Freezing Implementation of Controversial Holocaust Law
JNS.org - Despite statements by Israeli Foreign Ministry officials to the contrary, Polish officials say they are not planning to freeze implementation of Poland’s controversial “Holocaust law” as a result...
Jewish NGO Simon Wiesenthal Center Considers Travel Advisory for Poland
Jewish human rights organization Simon Wiesenthal Center said on Wednesday it was considering issuing a travel advisory for Jews urging them to limit their visits...
Swastikas, Slurs Daubed on Polish Embassy in Tel Aviv Amid Ongoing Holocaust Bill Row
Swastikas and profanities were daubed on the entrance to Poland's embassy in Israel on Sunday after Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Jews, as well...
Who Owns the Holocaust?
JNS.org - Who owns the Holocaust? That, ultimately, is the key question posed by the impending legislation in Poland that will criminalize any discussion, or investigation,...
Poland and the Jewish World: A Defining Moment
When I went to my first Polish-Jewish encounter -- in Chicago, in the early 1980s -- I was struck by how thin the veneer of relationships was. While...
Top Scholars and Educators Voice Opposition to Widely-Censured Polish ‘Holocaust Law’
Israel and Poland agreed on Monday to bilateral talks over the Warsaw government's commitment to a new bill criminalizing any discussion of Polish collusion with Nazi Germany during the...
Jedwabne 75 Years Later
There are few sites as divisive and emotionally stirring as Jedwabne, especially when dealing with contemporary Polish-Jewish relations. Jedwabne is the name of the city where...
Ancient Torah Scroll Found Hidden in Poland Restored by Holocaust Survivors in New York
Politicians and Jewish leaders gathered in New York on Wednesday to commemorate the restoration of a recently rediscovered Torah scroll that was hidden for more than 70...
EXCLUSIVE: Holocaust Hiding Place for Jewish Sisters Revealed for First Time Intact in Home of Polish Christian Family (PHOTOS)
A hideout used by Jews during the Holocaust was recently discovered still intact in the home of a Polish Christian family whose ancestors risked their...
