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.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
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

The High Holy Days begin with Rosh Hashanah - the Jewish New Year - and continue through Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, which ends at nightfall October 2.

|ByNATHAN SOLIS/LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS
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

Rabbi Tanya Segal knew the Jewish family who had owned the home were murdered in the Holocaust.

|ByTOBY AXELROD/JTA
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

A visiting IDF delegation was stopped at entrance to Aushwitz-Birkenau and forced to remove Israeli flags mid-ceremony by local law enforcement.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Se confronter à son passé

Pour chasser les fantômes du passé, la Pologne doit accepter de reconnaître ses erreurs et dédommager les victimes juives spoliées de leurs biens

APRIL 14, 2015ByDANIEL SCHATZ
Immeuble de Varsovie où habitaient des familles juives

Jewish cemetery desecrated in Polish town where Jews were tortured by Nazis

The graves were desecrated in Olkusz, Poland, the site of "Bloody Wednesday," where in 1940 Jewish men were gathered in the town square, humiliated and beaten.

APRIL 7, 2015ByJTA
A Jewish gravestone defaced in the town of Olkusz, Poland

On a street in The Hague

A researcher is trying to find out more about the Jewish community of the Dutch capital, a story unknown.

JUNE 12, 2014ByLAURA KELLY
Hermann Fischer and Rachel Barsam, with (front) Lea Barsam-Fischer and Moses Barsam, on the stairs leading to their house in June 1936.