Polish jewry
Ghetto Fighters’ House: World's first Holocaust museum keeping memory, message alive
The Ghetto Fighters’ House brings rare archival artifacts and stories to Givatayim for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, linking past resilience to today’s changing world.
Russian security bureau declassifies documents on Auschwitz liberation and Nazi crimes
Before this famous Polish bakery ‘opened’ in 1944, it belonged to a Jewish family killed by Nazis
Vilna Ghetto teenager's diary during the Holocaust to be focus in new online exhibit by YIVO
New app shines light on Polish Jewry outside Holocaust
The app shows images from the 19th century until the present day in an effort to paint a broader picture of every aspect of Poland's rich Jewish history.
New campaign to highlight history of Polish Jews, Polish-Israelis
The campaign, conducted in conjunction with the Institute of Jewish History in Poland and the Polish Museum, will cover over 1,000 years of Jewish history.
Grapevine December 1, 2019: Jerusalem regardless…
An example is the Polish Embassy, whose ambassadors have several times used the Begin Heritage Center as a venue for an important event.
Holocaust hero who died with orphaned children honored in Poland
Manager of an orphanage, Rabbi David Alter Kurzmann, chose to stand by the children until the bitter end.
Incumbent director of Polish Jewish museum wins job competition
Stola, who is not Jewish, has criticized a controversial law passed last year in Poland that makes it illegal to blame the Polish nation for Nazi crimes.
Was Jack the Ripper Jewish?
According to a study published this week by the Journal of Forensic Sciences, the culprit of the brutal crimes was Aaron Kosminski, a Polish Jew.
Grapevine February 27, 2019: The Polish connection
During the war, it was looted by the Nazis; and over the years since then, it had succumbed to neglect and decay, which did not quite destroy its natural beauty.
