Warsaw

Human remains found in former Warsaw Ghetto buried in Jewish cemetery

The bones may have belonged to one of the nearly 100,000 Jews who perished there due to the horrid conditions, disease or starvation, or in the uprising.

In Israel, a Holocaust survivor has made falafel a symbol of Jewish resilience

David “Dugo” Leitner started a new tradition, in which thousands eat the national dish to celebrate his inspirational story.

A piano that belonged to Władysław Szpilman. (Desa Uninicum)

Polish auction house selling possessions of Holocaust survivor behind ‘The Pianist’ story

The priciest item on the list of Władysław Szpilman’s objects is a Steinway piano, which is estimated to fetch as much as $70,000.

Rafał Trzaskowski poses for a picture in parliament in Warsaw, Poland on April 14, 2016. (Wikimedia Commons/Adrian Grycuk)

Global

Leading presidential hopeful would ‘satisfy Jewish claims’ for Holocaust restitution, Polish state TV warns

Dani Rotstein stands next to a monumnet commemorating the Jews of Palma de Mallorca, Spain on Feb. 13, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Global

In Europe, budding Jewish tourism businesses are teetering on the brink of closure because of COVID-19

Global

University of Warsaw students remember pre-WWII segregation of Jews at the school

Global

Israeli students beaten by attackers who yelled ‘f**k Israel’

Global

Mike Pompeo in Warsaw calls on world to confront Iran

Israel

Netanyahu appears to acknowledge attack on Iranian targets in Syria

Global

Warsaw airport requires Israeli musician to remove strings from cello because they are ‘too dangerous’

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