Poland
A railcar that transported prisoners to the Nazi concentration and extermination camp rests in Auschwitz-Birkenau. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
October 14, 2024, 6:09 pm
Reporter’s Notebook: History, memory and responsibility lead to life in Auschwitz
Eighty years after German Nazi concentration and extermination camp liberated, seminar brings journalists to Poland to promote 'remembrance' and ask what's next
By Adam Reinherz
Outside the Kraków JCC, participants read names of individuals killed on Oct. 7, 2023, and of Israeli soldiers who’ve subsequently fallen in battle. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
October 14, 2024, 4:48 pm
On Oct. 7, a remembrance in Kraków
'By virtue of having gone through what we've gone through, we have something to teach, and we are examples of Jewish resilience'
By Adam Reinherz
Ben Pinkston prays at Masada National Park in Israel. (Photo courtesy of Jackie Braslawsce)
August 23, 2024, 11:42 am
Squirrel Hill teen visits Poland and Israel with Chabad
After three weeks of traveling and learning, Ben Pinkston returned to Pittsburgh with new friends and insights
By Adam Reinherz
Lublin, Lubartowska 85; Jeszywas Chachmej, Synagoga, Hotel Ilan (Photo by BogTar200917, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)
February 1, 2024, 1:48 pm
The Lublin Yeshiva Library was thought to be destroyed by the Nazis. Then its books started turning up.
The digitally reconstituted library of 850 books may be just the tip of the iceberg
By Shira Li Bartov
The JCC Krakow (Courtesy of JCC Krakow)
June 1, 2023, 3:24 pm
More than a third of people in Hungary and Poland have ‘extensive’ antisemitic beliefs, ADL survey says
Stereotypes around Israel were especially prevalent. More than 40% of respondents in Poland, Spain, Belgium and Germany said "Jews are more loyal to Israel than to this country."
By Ben Sales
Allan Tissenbaum, third runner from the left, competed in the World Masters Track and Field Championships in Toruń. Photo by Shaggysphotos.com
April 26, 2023, 11:04 am
Finding no redemption in Poland
"For me, this was an out-of-body experience. I was standing in the exact place my grandparents stood 80 years ago before they were killed."
By Dr. Allan Tissenbaum
An iconic photo from the Warsaw Ghetto shows Jews being led by Nazis in 1943. (U.S. Holocaust Museum/Wikimedia Commons)
April 20, 2023, 6:18 pm
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising’s 80th anniversary marked by 3 presidents
Day also marked with daffodils nd an 11th commandment against ‘indifference’
By Dinah Spritzer
Jewish school children pose for a portrait in the 1930s in Wizna, near Jedwabne, Poland. New research revealed that members of the Polish community killed their Jewish neighbors July 10, 1941 during World War ll despite previous claims that Nazi Germans were entirely responsible. Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski apologized for the massacre of hundreds of Jews by their neighbors July 10, 2001 during ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the murders. (Laski Diffusion/Getty Images)
March 1, 2023, 11:00 am
Wikipedia’s ‘Supreme Court’ tackles alleged conspiracy to distort Holocaust articles
A dedicated group has been working to minimize Polish antisemitism, exaggerate the Poles’ role in saving Jews and blame Jews for their own persecution.
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Deborah Lipstadt and Felix Klein visit the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe during a meeting of special envoys and coordinators to combat antisemitism in Berlin, Jan. 30, 2023. (Wolfgang Kumm/picture alliance via Getty Images)
February 9, 2023, 4:01 pm
‘We have to be here fighting’: Deborah Lipstadt on her Poland-Germany trip with Douglas Emhoff
"Some people say this is just like the 1930s. It is not."
By Toby Axelrod
Oswiecim, Poland on May 6, 2005: These rails led to the Auschwitz extermination camp where approximately 1.1 million people were murdered. Photo by Adam Reinherz
October 20, 2022, 9:58 am
What happens when nationalism seeps into Holocaust history? Look to Poland.
An honest narrative of the Holocaust cannot thrive under this “pedagogy of pride” propagated by the Polish state.
By Alex Rossen
Photo of Ukranian children fleeing taken by Mirek Pruchnicki in Przemyśl, Poland on February 27, 2022. Photo via https://www.flickr.com/photos/mirekpruchnicki/51913859595/
October 14, 2022, 11:08 am
Jews are still a part of the Polish story
As a Jewish-American, I am very pleased to say that Poland is not consigned to the past.
By Steve Rabinowitz
Polish authorities arrested Jon Minadeo Jr., right, after he published a photo taken at Auschwitz. The photo sparked outrage on social media.
September 8, 2022, 10:59 am
Goyim Defense League founder arrested in Poland after demonstrating at Auschwitz
If Minadeo was indeed arrested, it would likely be the first time that the antisemitic influencer has publicly faced legal repercussions for spreading antisemitic propaganda.
By Gabe Stutman
Jesse Eisenberg receives an Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award during the Sarajevo Film Festival in Sarajevo, Aug. 15, 2022. (Zuzana Gogova/Getty Images)
August 25, 2022, 9:07 am
Jesse Eisenberg’s next film follows cousins exploring grandmother’s Holocaust story
Starring Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin, the film will begin shooting in Warsaw in March.
By Caleb Guedes-Reed
From left: Madison Jackson, Deanna Amoriello and Guy Drori (Photo by Madison Jackson)
August 23, 2022, 9:08 am
Voices of European Jewry: Warsaw, Poland
For Madison Jackson, a visit to Warsaw is a trip back home.
By Madison Jackson
Railway tracks leading into Auschwitz concentration camp. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
July 8, 2022, 10:56 am
Educators return from Poland with new plans for teaching about the Holocaust
Ten-day trip grants insights and helps teachers prepare for the coming school year.
By Adam Reinherz
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