Poland antisemitism

‘Poland is for Poles, not Jews’: Polish MP's speech outside Auschwitz stirs outrage

Braun, the head of the Confederation of the Polish Crown party, made the comments on Saturday amid news of the Polish government’s plans to adopt a resolution combating antisemitism.

 Grzegorz Braun, member of far-right political alliance Confederation, speaks during a parliament session, after he used a fire extinguisher to put out the Hanukkah menorah candles, at the Parliament in Warsaw, Poland December 12, 2023.
LAPD surrounds students protesting in support of Palestinians at an encampment at the University of Southern California’s Alumni Park, in Los Angeles, California, US, April 24, 2024

LAPD increases patrols around synagogues starting Rosh Hashanah, during Holy Days

Rabbi Tanya Segal stands in the courtyard of 12 Jozefa Street in Krakow, Poland, as she is evicted from her apartment, July 31, 2025.

Pioneering rabbi evicted from historic Krakow building rendered ownerless by the Holocaust

A WOMAN holds an Israeli flag and another person covers her from the rain during the March of the Living at Auschwitz-Birkenau in April. Born into the post-Auschwitz covenant, we considered Jew-hatred passé, doomed, like racism; alas, today, it’s surging, the writer laments.

'Attempt to reshape historical narrative': IDF delegation at Auschwitz told to lower Israeli flags


Polish senator calls for Israeli ambassador’s expulsion

“It has been very easy to wake up and recall all antisemitic demons in Poland,” Israeli Ambassador to Poland Anna Azari said in the speech.

Ambassador of Israel to Poland Anna Azari attends a commemoration event in the so-called "Sauna" building at the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau, January 27, 2018

Polish president apologizes to Jews driven out in antisemitic incidents

"Through my lips Poland is asking forgiveness, asking them to be willing to forget, to be willing to accept that Poland regrets very much that they are not in Poland today."

Polish President Andrzej Duda

Polish PM ‘proud’ of events that triggered antisemitic incitement in 1968

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said, “We often hear that March ’68 should be a reason for shame for Poland. For Poles who have fought for freedom, they should be a source of pride.”

POLAND’S PRIME Minister Mateusz Morawiecki

Poland seeks to assure wary U.S. as Holocaust law takes effect

Magierowski acknowledged Poland made a few "PR mistakes" in the rollout of the new legislation, and expressed gratitude for criticism from the Jewish community.

Polish President Andrzej Duda

Poland’s president visits Krakow JCC in bid to appease Jewish community

Can the crisis between the Polish government and the Polish Jewish community be resolved?

Polish President Andrzej Duda

U.N. human rights chief blasts 'xenophobes, racists' in Hungary, Poland

Both Poland and Hungary are US allies as members of NATO and joined the European Union in 2004.

POLAND’S PRIME Minister Mateusz Morawiecki

Envoy: Polish Holocaust law won’t be enforced without Israeli coordination

The ambassador acknowledged that for the past month, Poland and Israel have been “in the eye of the storm,” but said the two countries have agreed to discuss the matter.

Polish ambassador to Israel Jacek Chodorowicz  with Jewish dolls used in Poland

Polish senator suspended for klezmer-themed video of Nazi violence

Poland’s ruling party suspended a senator who posted online footage from a Nazi propaganda movie depicting violence against Jews to the sounds of klezmer music.

THE PERIMETER fence of Auschwitz II-Birkenau is enveloped in a thick evening fog during the ceremonies marking the 73rd anniversary of the liberation of the camp and International Holocaust Remembrance Day, near Oswiecim, Poland, January 2018

EU's Tusk warns Poland must stop antisemitic remarks

"It is not too late for concrete action, just as it is not too late for common human decency."

Antisemitic graffiti is seen on a monument dedicated to the victims of the Krakow ghetto, 2010.

Simon Wiesenthal Center considers travel advisory for Poland

NGO monitoring situation in wake of rise in antisemitism following passage of Holocaust law.

A man walks on the railway tracks in the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau