holocaust in poland

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

The Bernese Group handed out thousands of fake passports in such secrecy that their heroism remained unknown for decades.

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 15, 2019 1:43 pm

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

Andrzej Duda said that reports of a new spat owed to “journalistic manipulation” of comments by Benjamin Netanyahu on Polish collaborators with the Nazis.

February 15, 2019 3:11 am

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

Nearly half of Israelis surveyed see Poland a negative light.

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

Armenia’s capital honors Holocaust survivor who coined the term ‘genocide’

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 31, 2018 7:40 am

Israeli whose uncle was killed by Poles honors her mother’s rescuer

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 21, 2018 8:25 am

Despite tensions over the Holocaust, Israeli tourism in Poland is booming

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 27, 2018 4:52 pm

Ukrainian programmers scrap game about Auschwitz

November 1, 2018 5:14 am

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