Poland

A mile from Auschwitz, a restored synagogue recalls thriving Jewish life in Oswiecim

Activists and social media users are preserving the memory of a vibrant community whose extinction and centuries-long history have been eclipsed by the death camp next door.

A security guard stands outside the Israeli embassy in Warsaw, Poland on Aug. 23, 2020. (Google Maps)

In restitution protest, young Polish ultranationalists leave chunks of brick walls outside Israel’s embassy in Warsaw

Israel has criticized a Polish bill that would limit property claims.

The aftermath of vandalism at the Jewish cemetery of Bielsko-Biała, Poland on June. 26, 2021. (The Jewish Community of Bielsko-Biała)

67 headstones damaged at Jewish cemetery in Poland

Two incidents of vandalism were documented at the cemetery in 2015.

Yoram Sztykgold recalls his childhood in Warsaw, Poland, which he visited to obtain restitution for property on Sept. 5, 2018. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Global

In Poland, a bill to limit Holocaust restitution advances in parliament

Toppled and smashed headstone lie scattered at the Jewish Cemetery of Wroclaw, Poland on June 16, 2021. (The Jewish Community of Wroclaw)

Global

Polish schoolchildren destroyed dozens of Jewish headstones. They said they wanted to build a fortress.

Global

Polish woman who doted over Jewish boy she rescued from the Holocaust dies at 101

Culture

Menachem Kaiser thought he knew his family’s Holocaust history. Then he met Nazi treasure hunters.

The interior of the Great Synagogue of Slonim, Belarus pictured in 2007. (Wikimedia Commons)

Global

In Eastern Europe, historic synagogues are sold for the price of a used car

Tomasz Greniuch, holding papers, makes a gesture that appears to be a Nazi salute at a far-right event in Poland in 2007. (Bartosz Siedlik, courtesy of Gazeta Wyborcza)

Global

Polish historian resigns state position over 2007 photos of him performing Nazi salute

A swastika on the wall of a Jewish cemetery in Oświęcim, Poland on Jan. 10, 2021. (The Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau)

Global

Swastika graffiti painted on wall of Jewish cemetery near Auschwitz

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