Posts Tagged: poland holocaust law
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...
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...
Polish ‘Righteous Among Nations’ Issue Plea for Dialogue as Widely-Panned Holocaust Law Takes Effect
Investigators from Poland's Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) were empowered as of Thursday to begin checking for potential violations of new legislation that criminalizes discussion of...
Poland Postpones Debate on Commemorating Poles Who Saved Jews
The Polish parliament delayed a debate on Tuesday on whether to designate a day to remember Poles who saved Jews during World War Two, with...
All Antisemitism Is Dangerous — Why We Must Fight Poland’s Holocaust Law
Lately I have been seeing a lot of comments in both social media and in some publications that Jews should not be getting so upset about what...
Antisemitic Images, Cartoons, Flood Polish Press as Holocaust Law Dispute Festers
Antisemitic images and cartoons continue to flood the Polish press, as the country's right-wing nationalist media becomes increasingly angry with international opposition to new legislation...
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...
Polish Minister Says So-Called ‘Polokaust’ Museum Won’t Be Built
Poland's deputy culture minister backed away on Monday from an academic's proposal to build a so-called "Polokaust" museum for Polish victims of the Nazis, at...
From Holocaust to ‘Polocaust’: A Change in Parlance Doesn’t Change the Facts
JNS.org - I interviewed Mateusz Morawiecki, the current prime minister of Poland, during his September visit to New York. The public-relations maven who arranged the meeting pitched Morawiecki -- then...
Why Would Any Jews Spend Money in Poland?
Approximately three million Jews -- 90% of Polish Jewry -- were murdered during World War II on Polish soil. The majority of them perished in concentration and death camps, such as...
European Union Leader Warns Poland Must Stop Antisemitic Remarks
Poland's ruling party must do everything it can to stop antisemitic remarks that are hurting Poland's standing in the world and putting its interests at...
Why We Should Care About Poland’s Holocaust Law
JNS.org - Worldwide efforts are underway to transform the Holocaust into anything other than what it was: the specific targeting of the Jewish people for genocide....
Polish Minister Sees ‘Catharsis’ in New Holocaust Law
Patryk Jaki, the politician behind Poland's new Holocaust law, wants to end what he calls a misleading culture of shame surrounding his country's treatment of...
Poland-Israel Meltdown Demands Elisha Wiesel’s Intervention
In March, we will hold our annual gala, celebrating Israel’s 70th anniversary. The Elie Wiesel Defender of Israel Award will posthumously be given to Yoni Netanyahu, who...
