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Jozef Walaszczyk, 100, who saved more than 50 Jews during the Holocaust, telling his story at a restaurant in Warsaw, Poland on Jan. 28, 2020. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

A love affair that made him risk everything: Poland’s oldest rescuer of Jews reveals an epic WWII story

When Nazis caught Jozef Walaszczyk and his future Jewish wife in a hotel room, he hatched an ingenious plan.

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 20, 2020 4:00 pm

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Jewish innovators convene in Jerusalem

This year’s ROI conference participants include a Polish manager of a burlesque human rights bar and a French banker running a secular yeshiva.

June 25, 2019 6:03 am

In Krakow, Jews celebrate their community’s ‘revival’ amid rising xenophobia

Ultranationalism is making Jewish Poles feel increasingly uncomfortable in a city where they are determined to re-establish a vibrant presence.

April 23, 2018 3:57 pm

Polish prime minister is ‘proud’ of events that triggered anti-Semitic incitement in 1968

March 7, 2018 3:36 pm

Polish priest says on public TV that truth for Jews is whatever’s beneficial to them

February 27, 2018 6:10 am

Polish Jews split on bill to outlaw ‘Polish death camp’ term

January 28, 2018 1:56 pm

60,000 joined a Polish nationalist march. Should Jews be worried?

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 13, 2017 6:11 pm

Warsaw Jewish museum welcomes 1 millionth visitor to core exhibition

October 6, 2017 7:43 am

Poland’s right-wing party leader calls Israel a ‘modern-day miracle’

September 19, 2017 6:38 am

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European Jewish Congress slams Poland’s ‘lack of concern’ over anti-Semitism

August 31, 2017 7:21 am

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