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Poland returns 91 Jewish objects to Greece, decades after they were stolen by Nazis
Poland returned 91 religious and ceremonial artifacts to the Greek government at a ceremony in Warsaw on Wednesday. Among them were Torah scrolls, a Torah mantle and silver finials.
Poland’s Jewish museum director returns, seven years after being pushed out by nationalist politics
Ghetto Fighters’ House: World's first Holocaust museum keeping memory, message alive
When Jewish athletes dominated Polish sport: A lost legacy
Polish history in the Shoah is not black and white - opinion
At a time when leaders around the globe are whitewashing and rewriting history, it is critical that we don’t judge and condemn all people living in those communities.
Remains from Warsaw Ghetto buried in Jewish cemetery
Members of the Jewish community of Warsaw buried the bones of a person who may have died 80 years ago in the city’s ghetto during the Holocaust.
Poles leave chunks of brick outside Israel’s Warsaw embassy in protest
Members of the All-Polish Youth group left large chunks of brick walls on Wednesday with a sign reading “this is your property,” the Polska Times news site reported.
Holocaust restitution: For Poland, none is too much
The Sejm’s new legislation will make it impossible for Jewish claimants or their descendants to recover or be compensated for what was taken from them in Poland.
She vandalized a Holocaust memorial. Now she teaches about antisemitism
Ewa Jasiewicz, who spray-painted the slogan in Poland in 2010, has given three sessions titled “Understanding Antisemitism."
Egyptian mummy thought to be a priest actually pregnant woman - study
In the only known instance of a fetus being embalmed, a mummy mistakenly thought to be a priest for over 150 years was actually a pregnant woman.
Warsaw unveils monument to secret archive documenting Holocaust horror
There are also plans to honor the Oneg Shabbat group with a monument at Warsaw’s Jewish cemetery, AFP reported.
On this day 78 years ago, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising broke out
It was the first large-scale revolt by Jews during World War II.
Daughter of couple who hid Jews at Warsaw Zoo dies
Zabinska-Zawadzki’s older brother, Ryszard Zabinski, died in 2019.
Israeli Holocaust museum allegedly smuggled Warsaw artifacts
The Shem Olam museum near Hadera announced this week that it had obtained 10 sets of tefillin found by construction workers in Warsaw near the entrance to a bunker dug by Jewish fighters.
