Poland

Gur Hasidim reclaim their founders' house

After 15 years of effort, the historic building in the town of Gur in Poland, where the movement’s leaders lived before the Holocaust, has been returned to the ownership of the Gur Hasidic dynasty.

Shocking:

Polish politician publishes picture of Netanyahu as Hitler

A Polish politician posted an image of Netanyahu depicted as Hitler, alongside a post filled with incitement against Israel.

Sa'ar slams Polish FM over “defamatory" accusations against IDF

Sa'ar and Sikorski trade barbs over IDF conduct, war crimes claims, and antisemitism, as both sides sharply defend their positions.

‘Denial museum’ sparks outrage at Jedwabne massacre site

New ‘information center’ in Polish town denies murders of Jews by local Poles in 1941.

Kanye West concert cancelled in Poland over antisemitic remarks

A planned concert by US rapper Kanye West at Poland's Silesian Stadium in Chorzów has been cancelled following government pressure and condemnation of his antisemitic comments.

On Holocaust Remembrance Day

Polish MP displays Israeli flag with a swastika

Far-right Polish Member of Parliament Konrad Berkowicz sparked outrage after comparing Israel to the Nazis. In Israel, officials reacted angrily: “An antisemitic horror while survivors march in Auschwitz."

Hostage survivors to participate in March of the Living

A delegation of Holocaust and Hamas hostage survivors will join the March of the Living in Poland, following concern of cancelation due to the war.

In first:

Poland repatriates objects stolen from Jews during Holocaust

Poland returns 91 Jewish objects to Greece, decades after they were stolen by the Nazis.

Poland faces backlash over post-Holocaust Jewish killings film

Documentary about Jews killed by their Polish neighbors after the Holocaust could be banned in Poland.

Fire breaks out at Lizhensk guest tent

Fire breaks out at the tomb of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk in Poland, during preparations for the annual event.

Antisemitism in Krakow

Signs depicting IDF soldiers as war criminals appeared in downtown Krakow, Poland: "We don’t want you here."

Pro-Palestinian pressure:

Polish city severs ties with Ashkelon

The city of Sopot in Poland, which has been twin cities with Ashkelon for 30 years, has decided to sever ties with its Israeli partner in light of the situation in Gaza.

MP lashed out at Jews in front of Auschwitz

Grzegorz Braun attacked Jews at Auschwitz, claiming they seek "special treatment" in Poland, saying, "Poland is for Poles", and threatening to dismantle the International Auschwitz Council if his party comes to power.

Global Jewish unity urged amid alarming rise in antisemitism

At the EJA conference in Poland, Jewish leaders warn, 'History is repeating itself,' 'the war declared open season on Jews,' now is the time for worldwide Jewish unity.

UAE Political Affairs Expert:

'Europeans are hostages of the Islamist propaganda'

UAE expert Amjad Taha says antisemitism is a crime in the UAE, where Jews live in peace and trade with Israel is booming, while European elites fall prey to Islamist propaganda.

Poland scrambles jets, closes airport amid Russian drone threat

Poland shuts Warsaw airport and scrambles jets after reports of Russian drones entering its airspace amid massive Russian strikes on Ukraine. Military declares full readiness to respond.

Poland:

Elbit Systems booth targeted by anti-Israel activists

Anti-Israel activists disrupt Elbit Systems’ booth in Poland with fake blood and foul odors. The incident comes three days after red paint was hurled at Israeli singer David D’Or during a Warsaw concert.

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Protester splashes paint on Israeli singer David D'Or

A concert by Israeli singer David D'Or in Warsaw, Poland, was disrupted when a pro-Palestinian activist in the audience splashed red paint on the singer and his band.

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A Polish F-16 aircraft crashed, the pilot was killed

A Polish Air Force F-16 crashed during rehearsals for an air show in Radom. The pilot was killed and the event is being investigated.

An open letter about Israel:

To my friend, Poland’s Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich

You are the Jewish leader in Poland, where the Jewish people know better than anywhere else what happens when the world turns on the Jews. And as rabbis, we have to stand firmly with our people.

Polish soccer club fined for anti-Israel banner in the stands

Three weeks after the controversial display by Raków Częstochowa supporters during their UEFA Conference League qualifying match against Maccabi Haifa, European football’s governing body has fined the club tens of thousands of euro.

Serious incident in Hungary:

Polish hooligans attack bus carrying Israeli fans

Maccabi Haifa fans were attacked with rocks in Hungary after a banner exchange during a match sparked outrage; Polish officials condemned the Israeli fans' response.

80 years after the Holocaust:

Poland must stop profiting from Jewish blood

Direct Auschwitz revenues to Holocaust survivors and Jewish causes. The Jewish people are not props in a state-run museum. Opinion.

Jews...in the Koran?

When protestors scream at Jews, today, yelling "go back to Poland and Germany" they have it wrong. Nope. Wrong places. Opinion.

Poland:

Prosecutor launches probe into lawmaker over Holocaust denial

Polish prosecutor officially launches a criminal investigation into far-right lawmaker Grzegorz Braun over his public denial of Nazi crimes at Auschwitz.

Far-right installation at Jedwabne denies Polish role in massacre

In a Polish town where locals burned Jews alive in 1941, new plaques deny complicity with Nazis.

Holocaust denial:

Polish MP faces probe for denying Holocaust gas chambers

Polish lawmaker Grzegorz Braun is under criminal investigation after claiming Auschwitz gas chambers were "fake." The Auschwitz Museum director will also file a complaint, calling denial a crime and antisemitism.

Amid Holocaust memory controversy:

Poland elects right-wing historian Nawrocki

Karol Nawrocki, right-wing Holocaust revisionist historian, elected Polish president.

Inowłódź, Poland

Historic Inowłódź synagogue severely damaged in fire

Rare 19th-century synagogue in Inowłódź, Poland, which survived the Holocaust and preserved Jewish architectural elements and inscriptions, and now operates as a supermarket, sustained major fire damage.

Poland:

Ancient Jewish cemetery desecrated

Unknown individuals dug up and destroyed graves at a historic site located in a forest managed by the Western Poland forestry department.

Yom HaShoah:

President Isaac Herzog meets Poland's President Duda at Auschwitz

Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Polish President Andrzej Duda, meet at Auschwitz to commemorate Holocaust. 'We must not remain silent in the face of hatred between peoples.'

After a day of delays:

Student delegation that was stuck in Turkey lands in Poland

A delegation of Israeli students that was stuck in Turkey since 8:00 on Monday morning has arrived at its destination after a nerve-wracking ordeal in the unfriendly country.

Drama on school flight to Poland

Education Ministry says plane carrying students to Poland for school trip carried out emergency landing in Turkey due to technical issues.

Israeli student arrested for Nazi salute at Auschwitz

Israeli high school student arrested after making a Nazi salute under the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign at the entrance to Auschwitz-Birkenau, and is later released after paying a fine of 1,500 zloty.

Polish archaeology students discover history at Jewish cemetery

Archaeology students excavating Warsaw’s main Jewish cemetery are uncovering a forgotten world.

Poland's failed second chance

Imagine telling the surviving prisoners in the Auschwitz death camps that in the future, not only will Poland refuse to prosecute Poles who helped kill millions of Jews, but that it would also pass amnesty laws to protect them, and then ban an Israeli Prime Minister from entering a memorial for those killed in Poland during the Holocaust. Opinion.

Polish PM:

'We won’t arrest Netanyahu if he attends Auschwitz commemoration'

Following ICC warrant, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says Netanyahu will have safe passage and will not face arrest if he attends the 80th-anniversary commemoration of the liberation of Auschwitz later this month.

“Warsaw 1943 = Gaza 2025”

Holocaust memorial in Warsaw vandalized

Umschlagplatz monument in Poland's capital sprayed with red graffiti reading “Warsaw 1943 = Gaza 2025”.

Because of ICC warrants:

PM won't go to 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation events

Israeli PM reportedly to skip events in Poland marking the 80th anniversary of the Auschwitz death camp due to concerns he will be arrested in accordance with the ICC warrants against him.

Historian:

Germans didn't coerce Poles to shoot Jews during Holocaust

Polish police murdered Jews during the Holocaust with gusto and even without Nazi orders, new book claims.

Poland:

Warsaw Ghetto monument desecrated

Unknown vandals defaced the monument to the uprising with red paint. Local police have opened an investigation into the incident.

An hour from Auschwitz:

Sign calls to gas the Jews

A placard that called to gas the Jews was spotted at a university protest less than an hour away from Auschwitz.

Poland refuses to admit immigrants; suffers severe criticism

Human rights organizations, including the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation, sent an open letter to the Prime Minister of Poland: 'Fluctuations in the region do not exempt us from being human.'

Jewish, Israeli, volunteers join relief effort as floods continue

As thousands evacuate their homes in Poland, soldiers and emergency workers rush to fortify riverbanks and buildings with sandbags, deliver food and drinking water, rescue residents, and supply medical aid.

Widespread flooding prompts Poland to declare state of emergency

At least 16 people have died from storm 'Boris' in Poland, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Austria.

Founded in 1944? This Polish bakery has a little-known past

Before this famous Polish bakery ‘opened’ in 1944, it belonged to a Jewish family killed by the Nazis.

After three years:

Poland to return ambassador to Israel

Healing diplomatic crisis with Israel, Poland to appoint former intelligence and espionage chief Maciej Hunia as new ambassador to Israel.

Poland:

Workers find remains of synagogue destroyed by Nazis

Workers unearthed the remains of columns and walls that belonged to the Goldberg Synagogue in Otwock, Poland.

Poland:

Lawmaker who extinguished menorah elected to EU Parliament

Grzegorz Braun, the Polish lawmaker who was criticized after extinguishing a Hanukkah menorah in Warsaw last year, elected to the European Parliament.

'We're all here for one reason'

Israeli contestant's answer to a journalist's shameful question

A Polish journalist asked Israeli Eurovision entry Eden Golan if she thought that her participation in the contest endangered other participants.

Firebomb hurled at Warsaw synagogue

'Outrageous antisemitic attacks such as this can not be tolerated, perpetrators must be found and punished,' Israel's Amb. to Poland urges.

Warsaw, Poland:

Rally of support and ‘Am Yisrael Chai'

Hundreds participate in rally supporting Israel in the main square of Warsaw. Rally organized by Christians who support Israel in Poland.

Protester disrupts Holocaust event with PA flag

Anti-Israel demonstrator is removed from Warsaw Ghetto Uprising commemoration in Poland.

Poland supports Israel again after Iranian attack

Following the recent Iranian attack, Poland has published messages of support for Israel - apparently mending relations damaged in the World Central Kitchen incident

Amid Iranian threats:

Countries issue travel warnings to Israel

France, India, Russia, Poland and the United Kingdom warn citizens against travelling to Israel and, in some cases, the wider region.

Poland:

Lawmaker who extinguished Hanukkah candles charged

Polish lawmaker who used a fire extinguisher to put out Hanukkah candles in parliament accused of insulting people on religious grounds.

Signs of antisemitism in Polish academia

Two universities in Poland cancelled events with Israeli author Yaakov Schechter "due to the situation in Israel." Israeli Ambassador to Poland, Dr. Yacov Livne: "Something bad is happening in Polish academia."

Did the Nazis burn this yeshiva's library? Maybe not

The Lublin Yeshiva Library was thought to be destroyed by the Nazis. Then its books started turning up.

Entrepreneur Brock Pierce:

'It is a war of information today'

Visionary philanthropist Brock Pierce shares insights on how modern innovations are helping shape the war against Hamas.

EJA chairman:

'Never Again is now'

Rabbi Menachem Margolin, chairman of the EJA, summarizes the organization's conference in Poland: 'Europe is ready to be much more serious against antisemitism."