Poland

Polish-Jewish journalist quits newspaper after it demands different description of ‘neo-Nazi’ Ukrainian militia

One of Poland’s most prominent journalists, Konstanty Gebert, who is Jewish, refused to change his description of the controversial Azov Battalion, which uses Nazis symbols.

In ‘The Books of Jacob,’ Polish Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk tells a story about Jews. But is it a Jewish novel?

“This is a phenomenon happening in all of Eastern Europe, when Jewish culture is created by non-Jews, for non-Jews, but about the Jews,” one Polish Jewish scholar said.

The Auschwitz Jewish Center in Oswiecm, Poland receives about 1% of the 2.3 million visitors who come to the former death camp each year. (Courtesy of the Auschwitz Jewish Center)

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.