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.

 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

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

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


Jewish cemetery turned into soccer field in Poland

Yaakov Haguel, acting director of the World Zionist Organization, said he holds the Polish government responsible for the construction in Klimontow, which he called “a kick delivered to Polish Jewry.

A Jewish cemetery (illustrative)

Warsaw prosecutor won't investigate antisemitic letter

The prosecutor's office didn't even provide any reasons for the inactivity.

THE WARSAW Uprising Monument at Krasinski Square, in Warsaw, Poland.

Jewish cemetery vandalized in Poland

In addition to frequent vandalism, cemeteries in Eastern Europe have been turned into “residential areas, public gardens, leisure parks, army grounds and storage sites, and even lakes.

Desecrated tombstones of a Jewish cemetery  (Illustrative)

Image of 'Lucky Jew' a phenomenon in Poland

Offensive to some and just bizarre to others, the sale of stereotypical images of Jews as good luck charms started in Poland in the 1960s.

Orthodox Jews pray near Elimelech's grave, Lezajsk, Poland, 2018

Catholic leader: Antisemitism in Poland resurfaced due to Holocaust law

The former Roman Catholic primate said there were “glorious moments” in the history of Poland, but also “mean and un-Christian” behavior.

THE PERIMETER fence of Auschwitz II-Birkenau is enveloped in a thick evening fog during the ceremonies marking the 73rd anniversary of the liberation of the camp and International Holocaust Remembrance Day, near Oswiecim, Poland, January 2018

How the U.S. pressured Poland into softening its law on Holocaust speech

Trump and Polish president Duda did not meet once during the Polish leader’s five-day visit to the United States last month, while Trump did meet with the president of Uzbekistan at the White House.

U.S. President Donald Trump stands next to First Lady Melania Trump, Polish President Andrzej Duda and Polish First Lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda before his public speech at Krasinski Square, in Warsaw, Poland July 6, 2017.

Holocaust survivor appeals to Polish authorities to fight neo-Nazi groups

She said that she miraculously survived Hitler’s occupation and knows “what unjustified hatred below human dignity is.”

Cards are placed between railway tracks in the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz as people take part in the annual "March of the Living" to commemorate the Holocaust, in Oswiecim, Poland, April 12, 2018.

How it really was - and is: J'accuse: Polish Guilt

There is a reason the Germans set up death camps in Poland. In addition to logistical considerations, the Nazis knew that the Catholic Poles would make no protests.

Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki visits the Ulma Family Museum of Poles Who Saved Jews during the Holocaust in Markowa, Poland, on February 2, 2018

Angels in the Shoah

Jerusalemite Betty Eppel recalled how she and her younger brother were hidden during the Holocaust by a Christian couple on a French farm.

Left: BETTY EPPEL (standing, left) visits Josephine and Victor Guicherd in France in 1986. Right: VICTOR GUICHERD’S clock hangs in Betty Eppel’s house

Rampant spread of Holocaust distortion

hopefully in the wake of the controversy over the Polish law regarding Holocaust history, Holocaust distortion in Eastern Europe will finally be addressed in the serious manner that it deserves.

THE PERIMETER fence of Auschwitz II-Birkenau is enveloped in a thick evening fog during the ceremonies marking the 73rd anniversary of the liberation of the camp and International Holocaust Remembrance Day, near Oswiecim, Poland, January 2018