Monika Krawczyk has been haggling for several years with the municipal government of Brzeziny, Poland. The town council, she says, includes several members who grew up next to a synagogue that they now pretend did not exist.
The battle for restitution of Jewish property in Eastern and Central Europe is far from over, but the headaches of fighting to win back property increasingly are compounded by the headache of what to do with property once it’s returned.
After stunning the country — and themselves — by winning seven Knesset seats, members of the Pensioners Party want to make sure they’re not one-time wonders.