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• Polish mall quits use of Kristallnacht in ad following residents’ complaints

  September 20, 2012 11:17am

  A Lodz mall stopped using the term “Crystal Night” as an advertising slogan following a media campaign by residents.

• Lublin mayor offers resolution to prevent crematory near Majdanek

  September 6, 2012 3:10pm

  The mayor of Lublin, Poland, introduced a resolution that would prevent the construction of a commercial crematory in the area surrounding the former Majdanek Nazi camp.

• Probe into vandalism of Jedwabne memorial ends without finding perpetrators

  September 3, 2012 6:52pm

  A yearlong investigation into anti-Semitic epithets painted on the memorial to the Jedwabne pogrom was closed.

• Recovered Torah scrolls bought by Polish village library

  September 2, 2012 12:53pm

  Two Torah scrolls, one complete and one incomplete, found in Poland’s Sokolow Podlaski district have a new owner.

• Polish youth sent to prison for racism, anti-Semitism

  September 2, 2012 12:32pm

  A Bialystok court sentenced four young men to a year in prison in part for racism and anti-Semitism.

• Estonian gas company apologizes for using Auschwitz in ad

  August 26, 2012 8:42am

  An Estonian gas company apologized for using a photo of Auschwitz in its advertising.

• Torah scrolls returned to Polish village

  August 22, 2012 4:14pm

  Two Torah scrolls, one complete and one incomplete, were found in Poland’s Sokolow Podlaski district.

• Descendants of Nazi SS to take part in March of Life

  August 17, 2012 1:21pm

  Fifty descendants of officers of the Nazi SS, Wehrmacht and World War II-era German police officers will be among the participants in the March of Life.

• Italian man, 66, released after stealing Auschwitz barbed wire

  August 13, 2012 10:16am

  An Italian man who stole a one-foot piece of barbed wire from Auschwitz was released from police custody a day after being arrested at the airport in Krakow.

• New director leads Polish Jewish museum

  August 9, 2012 3:23pm

  Andrew Cudak began work as the new interim director of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews.