Posts Tagged: Poland antisemitism
State Department Report From 1946 Suggests Poles Persecuted Jews ‘Vigorously’ During Holocaust
JNS.org - In a bid to end the contentious debate surrounding Poland’s controversial Holocaust law, the Simon Wiesenthal Center Thursday released a declassified report highlighting Polish...
Iran Embraces Polish Far Right Advocate of Widely-Condemned ‘Holocaust Law’
Polish far right leader Robert Winnicki paid homage at the Iranian Embassy in Warsaw on Friday, attending ceremonies marking the 39th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution...
Former Polish PM: ‘Of Course Poles Took Part in Holocaust’
A former prime minister entered Poland's fraught debate over a new law that prohibits discussion of Polish collusion with the Nazi Holocaust, bluntly telling a leading...
Pressure Mounts on Poland to Back Away From Holocaust Bill
Poland is seeing a resurgence of antisemitism over pending legislation that would impose jail terms for suggestions that the nation was complicit in the Holocaust,...
Polish Official Tolerance of Far-Right Extremists ‘Deeply Troubling,’ Jewish Group Says Following Antisemitic and Racist March in Warsaw
The "apparent tolerance" of some senior Polish government ministers for the growing brazenness of the country's nationalist far-right is "deeply troubling," a prominent Jewish official in Warsaw said on...
Protests by Polish Anti-Fascist Group Lead to Withdrawal of Antisemitic Figurines From Parliament Gift Shop in Warsaw
One of Poland's leading anti-racist organizations has successfully prevented the continued sale of antisemitic figurines at a gift shop inside the Polish Parliament building in...
Polish Nationalist Leader Denounces Antisemitism, Lauds Israel
JNS.org - The head of Poland’s right-wing nationalist Law and Justice Party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, denounced antisemitism on Monday and lauded the “great state” of Israel during...
Polish Jews Call on Nationalist Leader to Denounce Rising Antisemitism in Country
JNS.org - Polish-Jewish leaders are calling on the head of the country’s right-wing nationalist Law and Justice Party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, to denounce what they say is...
Polish Chief Rabbi ‘Sad’ Over Trump Decision to Not Visit Ghetto Memorial During Warsaw Trip
Poland's chief rabbi, Michael Schudrich, expressed "sadness" on Thursday over President Donald Trump's decision not to visit the memorial to the Jewish resistance fighters of...
Polish Prosecutors Announce Probe of Anti-Refugee Rally Over Burning Effigy of Orthodox Jew
Polish prosecutors have launched a probe into a nationalist anti-refugee protest in the city of Wroclaw where demonstrators burned an effigy of an Orthodox Jewish man, ABC...
Jewish Cemetery Vandalized in Poland
Anti-Semitic vandals recently desecrated a Jewish cemetery in Poland, painting swastikas as well as other offensive words and symbols on tombstones. The Foundation for...
