The cemetery served what was, until the Holocaust, the second-largest Jewish population of any city in the world.
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Iranian-born German citizen indicted in Poland for Holocaust denial during Auschwitz tour
If found guilty of denying Nazi crimes, he could face up to three years in prison.
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Poland honours 101-year-old Polish-Israeli Warsaw Uprising veteran
Stanisław Aronson received the Bene Merito for his efforts to “promote Poland’s good name and reconciliation in Polish-Jewish relations”.
Poland returns to Greece Jewish objects stolen by Germany during Holocaust
It is the first time that Poland has returned historical objects following a request from a foreign country under Polish restitution law.
Poland asks EU Parliament to strip far-right leader Braun of immunity to face Holocaust denial charge
Denying Nazi crimes is punishable by up to three years in prison in Poland.
Auschwitz Museum to stop selling entry tickets on site over “unethical practices” of travel firms
Almost 2 million people visited the former German-Nazi camp last year.
Nazi documents withdrawn from German auction passed to Poland’s Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation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.
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.
