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

Nawrocki’s narrow win, securing just over 50.8% of the vote, marked a stunning reversal of the liberal optimism that swept Prime Minister Donald Tusk into power barely 18 months earlier.

|ByALEX WINSTON
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.
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

Private broadcaster Polsat News reported that a woman's severed head and an axe had been found at the university.

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

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.

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

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.

|BySHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA

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

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

FEBRUARY 4, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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. 

NOVEMBER 15, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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".

OCTOBER 14, 2023ByREUTERS
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.

AUGUST 2, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

JULY 13, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

JULY 11, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
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.

MAY 31, 2023ByREUTERS
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.

APRIL 29, 2023ByREUTERS
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

APRIL 20, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

Germany asks Israel, Poland for forgiveness for Warsaw Ghetto liquidation

Herzog: Uprising was emblem of heroism • Duda: We bow our heads to those who fought hatred

APRIL 19, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
President Isaac Herzog together with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Polish President Andrzej Duda, in a joint handshake at the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes at the end of the main ceremony

President Herzog lands in Poland to mark 80 years since the Warsaw ghetto uprising

This year the event has been significantly expanded, and the presidents of Israel, Poland and Germany will all deliver speeches.

APRIL 18, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Israel's President Isaac Herzog meets with Polish President Andrzej Duda ahead of ceremony marking 80 years since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, April 19, 2023.