“Anti-immigrant hysteria harms Poland and Holocaust denial excludes us from the ranks of civilised nations.”
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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.
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New evidence of how Polish diplomats helped Jews survive Holocaust with fake passports
Percy Metcalfe
The diplomats in Switzerland forged up to 10,000 passports intended for Jews trapped in German-occupied Europe.
Prosecutors drop four-year investigation into Holocaust historian for “insulting Polish nation”
Jan Gross was accused of “insulting the Polish nation”, a crime that carries up to three years in prison. But prosecutors found no “convincing” evidence.
Poland’s oldest living Holocaust rescuer gets surprise 100th birthday party
Józef Walaszczyk, who protected over 50 Jews during the German-Nazi occupation, has been honoured as he turns 100.
Repairing the world: The Olympic athlete restoring Poland’s Jewish heritage
Estera Flieger
A town honours its Jewish community that was wiped out in the Holocaust.
“To say that Poland is an antisemitic country is absolutely not true”: Israeli ambassador
The new Israeli ambassador says that Poland is not an antisemitic country, but expresses concern about the far-right Confederation entering parliament.
Poles and the Holocaust: new research, old controversies
Stanley Bill
Stanley Bill presents the findings of new research on the role of some Poles in the Holocaust, as well as the associated backlash in a climate of politicised history.
The “Polish death camps” controversy: Poland is not the only country that should confront its Holocaust history
Daniel Tilles
Daniel Tilles refocuses attention on the Antisemitism of the Allies during WWII, in light of the recent “Holocaust Law” and associated international outrage.
