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Nazi war criminal's chilling account of Warsaw Ghetto destruction reaches English readers

After decades of being translated into over 15 languages and adapted for the stage and screen, “Conversations with an Executioner” was published Tuesday for the first time in English.

Jürgen Stroop watches his troops raze the Warsaw Ghetto.
A synagogue napkin made from satin, cotton and metal tassels is among the items being returned from Poland to Greece.

Poland returns 91 Jewish objects to Greece, decades after they were stolen by Nazis

Dariusz Stola receives the appointment as the Museum of the History of Polish Jews' director from Marta Cienkowska, the Polish minister of culture and national heritage, in February 2026.

Poland’s Jewish museum director returns, seven years after being pushed out by nationalist politics

Janusz Korczak motivated the children in his care by giving them jolly cards.

Ghetto Fighters’ House: World's first Holocaust museum keeping memory, message alive


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.

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

 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.

 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.

Studying Jabotinsky's ideas about Jewish pride - a way to honor Warsaw Ghetto Uprising - opinion

Holocaust Remembrance Day was created by the Israeli government to be near the anniversary of the uprising on the Jewish calendar was the correct choice.

 A WOMAN LAYS daffodils during the commemoration of the 78th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, in front of the Warsaw Ghetto monument in 2021.

80th anniversary of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The largest Jewish revolt - opinion

We remember the past and draw on historical experience to build a better future. But we do not forget those who died or were murdered.

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

Marking 80 years Since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising 

Thousands to participate in the 35th International March of the Living under the banner “Honoring Jewish Heroism".

 International March of the Living under the banner “Honoring Jewish Heroism"

Some Jews who have left Ukraine now study their religion in Warsaw

Some of the refugees traveled 30 hours via coach to get to Warsaw and receive assistance from the organization.

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

Antisemitic works on display at Warsaw Historical Book Fair

The annual Historical Book Fair in Warsaw is supported by the office of the Polish President Andrzej Duda.

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The Tehran children and their remarkable four-year trek home

A new exhibition supported by JNF-USA at the Atlit Detention Camp heritage site, shows the dangerous journey of 1,000 Jewish orphans from Poland to pre-state Israel via Iran.

 A young Jewish boy holds yellow signs bearing the names of jews who were deported from Bordeaux to Nazi death camps in World War II. The demonstration took place in front of a synagogue, October 8 coinciding with the opening of the trial of Maurice Papon, an ex-cabinet minister, charged with crimes

Churchill and Roosevelt's roles in WWII Jewish rescue - opinion

The “attitudes of much of the Foreign Office in Britain and of the US State Department,” says Groth, “were fundamentally hostile to Jewish rescue.”

 FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT and Winston Churchill – did they fail European Jewry?