Warsaw

11-year-old boy uncovers 50,000-year-old skull on river walk

What Marcel thought was just a bone turned out to be a priceless Pleistocene relic - and scientists are thrilled.

Marcel and his parents with the skull fragment.
A PAINTING in the district anchored by the Chopin University of Music

On the hunt for Frédéric Chopin's footprints in Warsaw

 Polish presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki, backed by the main opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party, speaks next to his wife Marta Nawrocka, his sons Antoni and Daniel and daughter Katarzyna, as he reacts to the exit polls of the second round of the presidential election, in Poland, June 2025.

Warsaw is silent, but Poland rises up in anti-establishment statement - anaylsis

Polish police secure an area at the Warsaw University campus after an attack with an axe, in Warsaw, Poland, May 7, 2025

Woman beheaded during axe attack at Warsaw University, Polish media reports


UK politician compares Hamas to Warsaw Ghetto freedom fighters

Liberal Democrat councillor John Boyd sparks controversy by comparing Hamas to Jewish resistance fighters in the Warsaw Ghetto, while the party denounced his comments.

SS SOLDIERS patrol Nowolipie Street in the Warsaw Ghetto during the 1943 uprising

Archaeology students excavating Warsaw’s main Jewish cemetery are uncovering a forgotten world

In the last few years, a new form of life has come to the cemetery. Young people stand in between the gravestones, chattering, laughing, and digging with shovels.

 Gravestones under restoration at Warsaw's largest Jewish cemetery, September 2024.

'Heroic people': JFR honors Righteous Gentiles at Warsaw event

In attendance at the event were also families of nine hostages held in Gaza captivity. 

 Footage from the The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous event in Warsaw, Poland. January 28, 2025.

'A disgraceful act': Officials condemn vandalism of Warsaw Ghetto monument

Israel’s Ambassador to Poland Yacov Livne condemned the vandalism and called on authorities to properly investigate the incident. 

 Warsaw Ghetto monument vandalized in Poland.

Polish police cordon off Warsaw square amid reports of bomb threat

A police officer at the scene had told a Reuters reporter: "No entrance, there is a bomb".

 Despite the fighting, Ukrainian Jews learn Judaism, in Warsaw.

700-year-old weapon unearthed with metal detector in Polish forest

A 700-year-old iron spearhead was discovered in a forest in Poland by a metal detector hobbyist.

 The shadow of a man holding a metal detector is visible on the road near woods.

Nazi workshop uncovered in Warsaw Ghetto remains

The workshop had been used to make cutlery, both before and during the Holocaust.

Captured Jews pulled out of Warsaw Ghetto bunkers are led by German Waffen SS soldiers to 'Umschlagplatz,' the assembly point for deportation.

Jewish foundation honors Polish rescuers in historic gathering at POLIN Museum

However, due to their advanced ages and health concerns, it is expected that this commemoration will likely be the last gathering for the rescuers.

 The 2023 Jewish Federation for the Righteous European Seminar Participants pose with JFR EVP Stanlee Stahl, JFR Trustee Dr. Steven Field and University of Waterloo's Robert Jan Van Pelt

Auschwitz Museum condemns Polish party video using images of camp

The short video, which PiS posted on social media, aims to discourage people from attending an opposition march that is due to take place in Warsaw on Sunday.

 Entrance gate at Auschwitz concentration camp

Russia pledges harsh response after Polish 'seizure' of embassy school in Warsaw

Russia's foreign ministry said in a statement that the Polish authorities had burst onto the embassy school's grounds with the aim of seizing it.

 A car leaves through the gate of the Russian embassy building in Warsaw, Poland March 26, 2018.

WJC commemorates 80th anniversary of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

The WJC has been a significant contributor to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising memorial ceremonies since they were first held in the devastated city of Warsaw

 World Jewish Congress chairman Ronald S. Lauder speaks at the Congress honoring Former Secretary of State George P. Shultz with the Theodor Herzl Award at a gala dinner at New York’s Waldorf Astoria on November 9, 2015.