Radosław Sikorski was asked if “the ancestry of your wife is a problem” for his presidential ambitions.
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“My love letter to Poland”: Jesse Eisenberg’s Oscar-tipped A Real Pain premieres in Warsaw
Eisenberg’s ancestors were Jews from Poland.
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New exhibition shows Jewish life in Polish shtetl before the Holocaust
Stuart Dowell
Self-taught artist Mayer Kirshenblatt captured in vivid detail his childhood memories of prewar Poland.
Hollywood star Jesse Eisenberg applies for Polish citizenship
Eisenberg’s upcoming movie, A Real Pain, was filmed in Poland and is based in part on his family history.
Remains of medieval synagogue thought to be one of largest in region discovered in Poland
Researchers believe that the remains, which date from the 14th-century, could belong to one of the largest medieval synagogues in Central and Eastern Europe.
Jewish valuables buried during WWII found during construction work in Polish city
A third of Łódź’s population were Jews before the Holocaust and the city was home to the second largest ghetto in German-occupied Europe.
Archaeologists uncover remains of tenement house from Warsaw Ghetto
The building was destroyed along with many others after the defeat of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Jewish leaders condemn Polish coin honouring WWII partisan accused of murdering Jews
Józef Kuraś, known by his nom-de-guerre Ogień, is regarded by many as a national hero but has also been accused of war crimes.
“Impossible to imagine Israel and Judaism without our Polish roots,” says Israeli ambassador
“The Jewish and Polish peoples have an incredible common history and heritage” stretching back over 1,000 years, said Yacov Livne.
Over 10,000 volunteers helped restore 100 Jewish cemeteries in Poland last year
Poland’s hundreds of remaining Jewish cemeteries often rely on local communities and volunteers to maintain them.
The story of a Holocaust survivor’s returns to Poland
Agnieszka Wądołowska
Ryszard Ores was the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust, but regularly returned to Kraków after the war.
Poland’s new restitution law explained
A lawyer tells us what the new legislation, which Israel has called “antisemitic”, means in practice.
Holocaust scholars win appeal against Polish court ruling ordering them to apologise
“Interference in academic research” is not the role of a court, said the judge.
Polish foundation launches app to document forgotten cemeteries
The aim is to create a growing database of burial sites in Poland and the wider region.
