Poland

Book: Jack the Ripper was a Jewish barber from Poland

The serial killer Jack the Ripper was identified through DNA as a Jewish barber who immigrated to London from Poland.

In Poland, a renewal of memory — from Belzec to Rychwal

Two events, hundreds of miles apart, demonstrated the range of ways in which the memory of Jews and the Holocaust are commemorated in Poland.

In Polish city, a wedding celebrates Jewish rediscovery and revival

Katka Reszke and Slawomir Grunberg found their Jewish identities later in life, and their Wroclaw nuptials were a showcase of Poland’s Jewish renewal.

Culture

From the Archive: A Wilkes-Barre matron’s thwarted gift to Polish city’s ‘poor Jews’

Global

Warsaw Jewish museum nabs prestigious award

Global

Polish survivors living outside Poland to be eligible for pensions

Global

Polish lawmaker calls for end to Jewish property restitution

Culture

A Polish Nun Finds Her Jewish Roots

Culture

On Loving and Hating the Pope

Global

Five years after landmark declaration, Holocaust restitution moves slowly in Eastern Europe

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