Posts Tagged: Poland
Polish Soccer Fans Set Fire to ‘Jewish’ Effigies, Unfurl Antisemitic Banner Calling for Burning of Jews
A group of Polish soccer hooligans put on a horrifying display of antisemitism last Friday, setting fire to "Jewish" effigies and parading a banner calling...
Chief Rabbi of Poland: Memory of World’s Inaction During Holocaust Should Spur Jews to Help Today’s Persecuted Christians
Poland’s chief rabbi said the world’s inaction during the Holocaust should serve as a reminder to Jews to help Christians suffering persecution at the hands of...
EXCLUSIVE: Prominent American Rabbi Calls On Pope Francis to Remove Catholic Church From World’s ‘Largest Jewish Cemetery’ in Auschwitz-Birkenau
A prominent American rabbi is urging the Pope to remove a Catholic church from the site of the “largest Jewish cemetery in the world,” The Algemeiner has learned....
Jewish Leader Slams Polish Officials for Casting Doubt on Polish, Nazi Murder of Jews in WWII
The head of a major international Jewish organization condemned officials in Poland Wednesday for questioning Polish and Nazi involvement in the murder of Jews during...
Poland Among Safest European Countries for Jews Today, Says Holocaust Foundation Director
The Polish president's condemnation of antisemitism on Monday illustrates how Poland has shifted its attitude to such an extent that it has become one of the safest...
Head of Holocaust Research Group Reveals New Shocking Testimony From Warsaw Ghetto (INTERVIEW)
The oft-repeated notion that Jews went willingly to the slaughter during the Holocaust is completely unfounded, a Holocaust commemoration activist told The Algemeiner on Thursday,...
Poland’s Very Short Memory on Jews and the Holocaust
The Polish national anthem, in a glass-half-full kind of way, solemnly declares, "Poland is not yet lost." These optimistic words, which do not actually sound...
Jewish Cemetery in Poland Vandalized; Graves Covered in Antisemitic, Pro-ISIS Graffiti
Vandalas in the Polish city of Sochaczew desecrated a Jewish cemetery over Sunday night. Slogans such as "F*** Jews" and the "Holocaust never happened" were scrawled across the Ohel...
Polish Anti-Refugee Demonstrators Burn Effigies of Orthodox Jews at Wroclaw Protest (VIDEO)
Dozens of demonstrators in the western Polish city of Wroclaw participated in burning effigies of Jews fully equipped with peot (side-curls) and black hats, Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza reported on Wednesday. The...
Vandals Hang Banner in Poland Calling for ‘Islamic Holocaust’
Vandals in the Polish city of Poznon hung a banner threatening a new Holocaust, local media reported on Tuesday. But the Holocaust that was threatened was not...
Thousands March Against Racism and Antisemitism in Poland, Carry Signs Saying ‘Hug a Jew’
Thousands of Poles took part in an anti-racism protest in Warsaw on Sunday, and many held signs saying "Hug a Jew," in both Polish and English, Israeli news...
Report: Poland Launches Libel Probe Against Historian Who Said Poles Killed More Jews Than Nazis
Polish prosecutors launched a libel probe against Princeton historian Jan T. Gross over a statement he made saying Poles "in fact" killed more Jews during the Holocaust than the German...
Holocaust Education Trust Offers to Educate British Teens Found Stealing From Auschwitz
The British Holocaust Education Trust called the recent theft of artifacts from the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland “absolutely shocking” and offered to work to...
Polish Members of Parliament Voice Public Support of Israel
Warsaw - This past week, the Polish Parliamentary Israel Allies Caucus was launched in the Polish parliament. An Israeli delegation from the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus...
