Almost 2 million people visited the former German-Nazi camp last year.
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Nazi documents withdrawn from German auction passed to Poland’s Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation
The auction was cancelled after international criticism and intervention by Poland’s government.
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President calls for Germany to pay Poland reparations in Auschwitz speech on Holocaust Remembrance Day
“To this day, the German state has not paid Poland reparations for the evils of WWII,” declared Karol Nawrocki.
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It’s time for Germany to start paying the cost of maintaining Auschwitz and other former Nazi camps in Poland [Opinion]
Wojciech Konończuk
Poland has paid more for the maintenance of former camps than Germany has ever given to Polish WWII victims.
Former Auschwitz prisoner can sue German publisher for writing “Polish death camp”, rules court
Stanisław Zalewski, a former member of the Polish underground resistance who turned 100 this year, has fought a long-running legal battle.
Poland criticises Israeli Holocaust institute’s post suggesting Polish responsibility for German crimes
The Auschwitz Museum was among the wide range of Polish officials and institutions to criticise Yad Vashem’s post.
New US ambassador condemns “grotesque falsehood” that Poles responsible for Holocaust
Thomas Rose, also said Poland is today “the safest country in Europe for a Jew to walk the streets”.
Auction of Holocaust items in Germany cancelled after intervention by Poland
One letter from a prisoner at Auschwitz to a recipient in the city of Kraków had a starting price of €500.
Last surviving Warsaw Ghetto Uprising fighter dies
Michael Smuss passed away, aged 99, at a care home in Israel.
Poland condemns Israeli fans’ “murderers since 1939” banner at match against Polish football club
Israel’s embassy in Warsaw also called the display “disgusting behaviour”.
Poland launches global network to “keep the memory of Polish Jews alive”
“The millennium-long heritage of Polish Jews forms an intrinsic part of the Polish history and culture,” says the foreign ministry.
Polish foreign minister condemns racism and antisemitism following series of incidents
“Anti-immigrant hysteria harms Poland and Holocaust denial excludes us from the ranks of civilised nations.”
Israel condemns new plaques “distorting history” at site of Jedwabne pogrom in Poland
Yad Vashem says that the inscriptions “falsify history” by trying to absolve Poles of blame for the massacre.
Poland protests after Israeli newspaper calls president-elect a “Holocaust revisionist”
The incoming US ambassador to Poland has also criticised the Times of Israel’s coverage of Nawrocki.
