Tag: Poland
Who owns the Holocaust?
(February 1, 2018 / JNS) Who owns the Holocaust? That, ultimately, is the key question posed by the impending legislation in Poland that will criminalize any discussion, or investigation, or mere mention, of incidents of Polish collusion...
World Jewish Congress calls Poland’s new Holocaust law ‘historical obfuscation’ and an ‘attack on...
NEW YORK – The World Jewish Congress has strongly objected to a proposed new Polish law which would criminalize suggestions that Poland was responsible for Nazis crimes, calling it “an act of historical obfuscation and...
World remembers Holocaust amid signs of rising hatred
WARSAW, POLAND — Elderly survivors were gathering Saturday at the former Auschwitz death camp and political leaders warned that the Nazi genocide must continue to serve as a warning as the world marked International Holocaust...
Rex Tillerson pays respects on Holocaust Remembrance Day at Poland monument Trump failed to...
WARSAW - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson commemorated Jews who rose up against the Nazis during a trip to Poland Saturday — something President Trump failed to do when he visited the country.
“One of...
Poland pledges $28 million for Warsaw Jewish cemetery restoration
Poland’s government pledged $28 million to restoring the Warsaw Jewish cemetery, making the preservation project one of the largest of its kind in European history.
Deputy Prime Minister Piotr Glinski told World Jewish Congress CEO...
Polish NGO set to prosecute owner of Polish guest house that banned Jews
Polish NGO From The Depths plans to prosecute the owner of a guest house in Cesarzowice, Poland, that banned Jews from the property.
A giant banner, which has now been removed by police, was attached...
Polish Jews sound alarm over racism in meeting with ruling party leader
Leaders of Polish Jewry said they flagged what they termed rising intolerance in the country during a meeting with a ruling party politician, but the party denied the subject was broached.
Polish Chief Rabbi Michael...
Far-Right Marchers in Warsaw Chant ‘Jews Out of Poland’
Tens of thousands of far-right nationalists chanted calls for a “Jew-free” Poland as they marched through the streets of Warsaw on Saturday to mark 99 years since the country was re-established as an independent...
President Andrzej Duda: Xenophobia, nationalism, anti-Semitism mean exclusion from our society
In our country, there is no room or tolerance for xenophobia, sick nationalism or anti-Semitism. Such attitudes will lead to exclusion from our society, President Andrzej Duda said Monday, commenting on racist incidents at...
Israel: Polish restitution Bill discriminates against Jewish survivors
In an unusual move, Israel accused Poland of “discriminating against Holocaust survivors” in considering legislation on restitution whose language excludes many Jewish would-be recipients.
Israel’s ambassador to Poland, Anna Azari, on Friday lodged an official...