Poland

On this day: Russian Tsarist forces start Bialystok Pogrom, killing at least 70 Jews

Bialystok, an industrial town in modern-day Poland, had a major Jewish population that was terrorized by local antisemitic Russian military members and police officers.

Nurses stand with victims of the Bialystok pogrom in June 1906.
Participants in the Miszpucha Foundation trip for Polish Jewish emigrants and their descendants have lunch at the Jewish Community Center in Warsaw, Poland.

13,000 Jews were driven out of Poland in 1968, some are returning to tell their story

The Centennial Hall in Wrocław

"The Venice of Poland": The city located on islands that is attracting Israelis

Soldiers patrol the street after a drone or similar object struck a residential building according to local authorities, following violations of Polish airspace during a Russian attack on Ukraine, in Wyryki-Polod, Poland September 10, 2025.

European Union considers limiting protection for Ukrainian men of fighting age


Ye's upcoming concerts in Poland, Switzerland canceled after antisemitic remarks

Ye's upcoming concerts in Poland and Switzerland have been canceled amid mounting backlash over his past antisemitic remarks, disrupting his international tour plans.

Rapper Kanye West performs onstage during the "Vultures 1" playback concert during Rolling Loud 2024 at Hollywood Park Grounds on March 14, 2024 in Inglewood, California.

New ‘information center’ in Polish town denies murders of Jews by local Poles in 1941

The information center was installed earlier this month and celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, which Wojciech Sumlinski, a right-wing Polish activist, shared online.

A container installed near the site of the Jedwabne pogrom proclaims in Polish, "The earth doesn't lie." The container, installed in April 2026, promotes the narrative that Nazis, not Poles, killed the Jews of Jedwabne in 1941.

Swastika shown in Polish parliament during March of the Living

A Polish member of parliament described Israel as a "New Third Reich" as the March of the Living was held on Tuesday.

General view of the Polish parliament as Poland's Minister of Foreign Afairs Radoslaw Sikorski (C) presents the main points of the Polish government's foreign policy to delegates of the Polish Parliament in Warsaw on February 26, 2026.

What I learned as a Venezuelan when the Iran war sent me to Poland - opinion

Reporting from Poland reaffirms that journalism is not simply about breaking news but about placing events in the deeper historical context that continues to shape the present.

THE WRITER (R) is seen alongside members of Fuente Latina’s Student Media Fellowship Program on a trip to Auschwitz.

Thousands gather in Krakow to honor Holocaust survivors at March of the Living

Thousands gathered in Krakow for the March of the Living, honoring Holocaust survivors and teaching the lessons of resilience and resistance to hatred.

IDF officers take part in the annual international March of the Living through the grounds of the former Auschwitz death camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, April 14, 2026

Sylvan Adams addresses pre-Holocaust Remembrance Day gathering in Krakow

“You are not here only to remember how Jews died,” said Adams. “You are here to show how Jews live."

SYLVAN ADAMS addresses Krakow, Poland, before Holocaust Remembrance Day, 2026.

March of the Living: Holocaust survivors stand tall against surge of worldwide antisemitism

Among the small group of elderly survivors, many of whom were children during WWII, ten were able to fly from Israel, despite Hezbollah still firing rockets at civilians.

Memory stones at the sole surviving Krakow Jewish ghetto wall.

El Al to add nine additional destinations, several int'l airlines to resume Ben-Gurion flights

El Al will resume flights to Boston, London Luton, Tivat (Montenegro), Krakow (Poland), Marseille (France), Sofia (Bulgaria), Paphos (Cyprus), Rhodes, and Thessaloniki (both in Greece).

An El Al Boeing 737 takes off from Ben-Gurion Airport, March 5, 2026.

There was always a third Singer: Yiddish literary diamonds revealed - review

Esther Kreitman, sister of Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer, wrote powerful Yiddish fiction capturing Jewish life, struggle, and survival.

Esther Kreitman (nee Singer), born in 1891 in Biłgoraj, Poland, to a rabbinic family, became a Yiddish-language novelist and short story writer.

Archaeologists uncover traces of a lost medieval city deep in Polish forest

Researchers trace Stolzenberg’s origins to the 14th or 15th centuries on the historically disputed border between Pomerania and Neumark.

Medieval town found in Polish forest.