Poland

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country located in Central Europe, covering an area of 312,696 km of land. It has a population of nearly 38.5 million people. The capital of Poland is Warsaw, and other major cities include Krakow, Lodz, and Gdansk.

90% of people in Poland identify as Christian, with 6% of people saying they do not identify with any religion, 3% choosing not to answer and only 1% of people belonging to various other religions.

Poland was once home to over 3 million Jews, 90% of whom were killed in the Holocaust, along with another 1.8-2.8 million ethnic Poles. After the war, the Soviet Union instituted a new communist government in Poland which ruled from 1947-1989.

Today, Poland is a developed market and is the sixth-largest economy in the European Union, of which it is a member. 

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US actor Jesse Eisenberg granted Polish citizenship for his film ‘A Real Pain’

"Something so obvious occurred to me, which is that my family had lived in this place for far longer than we lived in New York,” Eisenberg said.

Around the Jewish World in 45 minutes

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode E102

  Gravestones under restoration at Warsaw's largest Jewish cemetery, September 2024.

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

In the last few years, a new form of life has come to the cemetery. Young people stand in between the gravestones, chattering, laughing, and digging with shovels.

By SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
27/02/2025

Auschwitz Museum confiscates hostage flags claiming its a 'political statement'

National flags are permitted at the site, the museum claimed, but not ones which have seen any alterations or slogans added.

Farmer’s son finds 2,500-year-old Hallstatt culture bronze necklace in Poland

The necklace is believed to be connected to the decline of the Masurian group of the Lusatian culture or possibly to the early presence of the West Baltic barrow culture.

One meter long, hand-and-a-half medieval sword discovered in Poland

Amateur detectorists found a cache of medieval weaponry near the village of Wielka Tymawa.

Before Indian wootz and Damascus steel: Meteorite iron shaped Iron Age patterns in Poland

Archaeologists in Poland uncovered 26 iron objects made from a single meteorite.

Polish government's IVF program hailed as a huge success with over 9,200 pregnancies

One-quarter of Polish couples face fertility problems, prompting government support for IVF.

Marian Turski, Auschwitz survivor and journalist, dies at 98

Auschwitz survivor Marian Turski, who warned against rising antisemitism, dies at 98.

By REUTERS
18/02/2025

Trump names former 'Post' publisher Tom Rose US ambassador to Poland

Rose served as the publisher & CEO of the Post for eight years between June 1997 and Jun 2005.

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