Poland

Polish city refuses to install memorial stones for Holocaust victims

Authorities in Szczecin cited fears by the Institute of National that visitors might think the perpetrators of the crimes were Poles.

Edward Mosberg, center, and Jonny Daniels, right, celebrating with Jozef Walaszczyk his centenary birthday party in Warsaw, Poland on Nov. 14, 2019. (From the Depths)

Holocaust rescuer gets a surprise 100th birthday party in Poland

Jozef Walaszczyk, who was picked up in a Ferrari, called it “the best surprise I have ever gotten in my life.”

Former far-right activist named head of branch of Polish historical institute

The Institute of National Remembrance is one of Poland’s leading institution for public education about World War II, and its archives contain materials detailing crimes committed against Jews.

Global

Polish students clean up local Jewish cemetery

Global

Polish president withholds signature on paperwork to give Jewish scholar the title of professor

Global

Polish minister says Jewish museum’s director ‘politicized’ it

Global

Polish judge called Jews a ‘despicable, filthy nation’ in online forum

Krystyna Danko receiving flowers from Jonny Daniels on in her apartment in Warsaw, Poland on her 102nd birthday on July 9, 2019. (From the Depths)

Global

Polish woman who saved adoptive Jewish family from Holocaust dies at 102

United States

Senators ask Mike Pompeo to pressure Poland on Holocaust property restitution

Global

Armed guards block Chabad worshippers from entering Krakow synagogue amid dispute among Jewish groups

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