The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/bronislaw-komorowski/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Bronislaw Komorowski | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/bronislaw-komorowski/ 32 32 Polish ex-president: Holocaust Law a ‘legislative failure, political mistake’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/polish-ex-president-holocaust-law-a-legislative-failure-political-mistake/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 06:54:24 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1822137 Bronislaw Komorowski says defending Warsaw in wake of controversial legislation 'has become impossible'

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]]> Poland moves to strip Jewish Holocaust scholar of award https://www.timesofisrael.com/poland-moves-to-strip-jewish-holocaust-scholar-of-award/ Sun, 14 Feb 2016 11:04:16 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1339567 American-Polish professor Jan Tomasz Gross could lose prestigious honor for asserting Poles' complicity in the Holocaust

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]]> Polish Jews ready to cooperate with new right-wing president https://www.timesofisrael.com/polish-jews-ready-to-cooperate-with-new-right-wing-president/ Tue, 26 May 2015 12:07:46 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com?p=1188180&preview_id=1188180 In contrast to his predecessor in largely ceremonial post, Andrzej Duda has rejected apologizing for Poles' role in Holocaust as 'attempt to destroy' country's good name

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]]> Conservative challenger wins Polish presidential race https://www.timesofisrael.com/conservative-challenger-wins-polish-presidential-race/ Tue, 26 May 2015 02:12:19 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1187965 Unlike predecessor in ceremonial post, Duda has rejected acknowledging Poland's role in Holocaust as 'attempt to destroy' country's good name

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]]> Poland elects right-wing president who criticized predecessor’s apologies to Jews https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-exit-poll-polish-president-concedes-defeat-to-rival/ Sun, 24 May 2015 21:27:09 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1187365 Andrzej Duda slammed Bronislaw Komorowski for acknowledging Polish farmers' massacre of Jewish neighbors in Jedwabne

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]]> Polish president reiterates country’s Holocaust complicity https://www.timesofisrael.com/polish-president-reiterates-countrys-holocaust-complicity/ Fri, 22 May 2015 21:38:40 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1186912 In election debate, Bronislaw Komorowski defends his apologies for massacre of Jews by citizens of Poland during WWII

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]]> Motley mix of players challenge Polish president in Sunday election https://www.timesofisrael.com/motley-mix-of-players-challenge-polish-president-in-election/ Sat, 09 May 2015 22:59:20 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1180215 Punk rock star, far-right MEP, and blonde bombshell actress among challengers, who have little chance of unseating popular Komorowski

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]]> Ceremonies mark liberation of 2 Nazi camps 70 years ago https://www.timesofisrael.com/ceremonies-mark-liberation-of-2-nazi-camps-70-years-ago/ Sun, 19 Apr 2015 16:58:27 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1169482 Polish, German officials pay respects to victims, survivors of Ravensbrück facility in northern Germany

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]]> Rival rabbis’ knives come out over Polish shechitah ban https://www.timesofisrael.com/rival-rabbis-knives-come-out-over-polish-shechitah-ban/ Thu, 08 Aug 2013 07:42:42 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=626738 Competing clerics battle each other rather than opponents of kosher slaughter, as religious turf war escalates

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]]> Poles honor victims of WWII killings in Ukraine https://www.timesofisrael.com/poles-honor-victims-of-wwii-killings-in-ukraine/ Mon, 08 Jul 2013 06:24:02 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=586944 Some 60,000 Poles were killed during 1943 and 1944 by Ukrainians in an effort to 'ethnic cleanse' Wolyn border region

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]]> Polish walkway named for woman who saved Jews https://www.timesofisrael.com/polish-walkway-named-for-woman-who-saved-jews/ Thu, 16 May 2013 10:35:46 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=507976 Social worker Irena Sendler credited with saving 2,500 Jewish children from the Holocaust

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]]> An alternative Warsaw Ghetto Uprising memorial https://www.timesofisrael.com/an-alternative-warsaw-ghetto-uprising-memorial/ Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:38:33 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=472826 During last week's commemorations, the grave of the uprising's last surviving commander was blanketed in daffodils. Here's why

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]]> Warsaw marks 70th anniversary of ghetto uprising https://www.timesofisrael.com/warsaw-marks-70th-anniversary-of-ghetto-uprising/ Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:50:31 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=467022 Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski leads ceremony at the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes

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]]> Warsaw Ghetto survivor recalls living through inferno https://www.timesofisrael.com/warsaw-ghetto-survivor-recalls-living-through-inferno/ Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:00:01 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=466020 Jakub Gutenbaum was 13 when the uprising broke out; later he survived Majdanek

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]]> Poland’s lawmakers honor Warsaw ghetto fighters https://www.timesofisrael.com/polands-lawmakers-honor-warsaw-ghetto-fighters/ Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:35:45 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=463290 As 70th anniversary of failed revolt against Nazis approaches, parliament salutes 'the victims and heroes of the uprising'

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