holocaust in poland

Polish Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich delivering a speech in Warsaw, Poland on Jan. 2019 (Mateusz Wlodarczyk/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Polish chief rabbi spurns government invite to ceremony honoring WWII nationalists

Poland marks the 75th anniversary of a group that killed communists, including Jews.

By Cnaan Liphshiz August 7, 2019 6:25 pm

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Rabbi Dawid Szychowski telling journalists about the Festival of Tranquility that he launched in Lodz, Poland on June 8, 2019. (Photo courtesy of Shvei Israel)

Polish city of Lodz has 1st Jewish festival in decades

The event was organized by a rabbi whose job is to bring back to the fold of Judaism descendants of traumatized Holocaust survivors.

June 12, 2019 4:22 pm

Incumbent director of Polish Jewish museum wins competition for his job

Dariusz Stola’s tenure needs to be approved by the culture ministry, which initiated the competition.

May 11, 2019 2:38 pm

Edward Mosberg, holding a Torah scroll, during March of the Living in 2017 at the former death camp Auschwitz in Poland. (Courtesy of From the Depths)

Survivor Ed Mosberg, 93, is braving cancer to march at Auschwitz, perhaps for the last time

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 1, 2019 8:02 am

Heidi Fishman holding up an op-ed she wrote about her family's rescue from the Holocaust using a Paraguayan passport. Courtesy of Heidi Fishman

Researchers unlock the mystery of Polish diplomats who rescued Jews

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 15, 2019 1:43 pm

No crisis between Poland and Israel over Holocaust record, Polish president says

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 15, 2019 3:11 am

Majority of Israelis think Poland has to take more responsibility for Holocaust crimes

By Sam Sokol February 8, 2019 7:58 am

Auschwitz sees 21 percent drop in visits by Israelis

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 4, 2019 11:05 am

A quarter of all Holocaust victims killed in just 3 months in 1942, study claims

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 4, 2019 7:25 am

Nelly Ben-Or sitting by one of her two pianos in her London home

Nelly Ben-Or risked all to play the piano. It helped her survive the Holocaust.

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 31, 2018 11:40 am

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