The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/kielce/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:43:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Kielce | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/kielce/ 32 32 Poland ‘investigates’ film about Jews killed after the Holocaust, may ban it https://www.timesofisrael.com/poland-investigates-film-about-jews-killed-after-the-holocaust-may-ban-it/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:47:13 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3761772 California filmmaker Yoav Potash's documentary 'Among Neighbors' follows the murders of five survivors who returned to their hometown -- and it's causing a far-right uproar

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]]> Virus stops final goodbye for Holocaust survivor brothers who died weeks apart https://www.timesofisrael.com/virus-stops-final-goodbye-for-holocaust-survivor-brothers-who-died-weeks-apart/ Thu, 14 May 2020 09:31:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2305815 Polish-born Joe Feingold, 97, died of COVID-19 complications at New York hospital where Alex, 95, succumbed to pneumonia a month earlier

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]]> Restored fragment of pre-war Torah scroll displayed at site of Polish pogrom https://www.timesofisrael.com/restored-fragment-of-pre-war-torah-scroll-displayed-at-site-of-polish-pogrom/ Mon, 08 Oct 2018 14:21:23 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1938128 Surviving parchment found in Kielce Market Square after Holocaust is relic of destroyed 20,000-strong Jewish community

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]]> Multifaith ceremony marks 71st anniversary of Kielce pogrom https://www.timesofisrael.com/multifaith-ceremony-marks-71st-anniversary-of-kielce-pogrom/ Thu, 06 Jul 2017 02:19:50 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1653426 Jews, Christians, Muslims and Buddhists commemorate 1946 post-Holocaust bludgeoning to death of dozens of Jewish survivors

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]]> Polish right-wingers deny 1946 pogrom was anti-Semitic act https://www.timesofisrael.com/polish-right-wingers-deny-1946-pogrom-was-anti-semitic-act/ Thu, 13 Oct 2016 20:31:43 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1479621 Appeal claims attacks in Kielce that killed 42 Jews were carried out by Communist officials, not local police or residents

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]]> Is new Polish law an attempt to whitewash its citizens’ roles in the Holocaust? https://www.timesofisrael.com/is-new-polish-law-an-attempt-to-whitewash-its-citizens-roles-in-the-holocaust/ Thu, 18 Aug 2016 07:30:20 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1446992 Some experts worry that legislation which criminalizes talk of 'Polish death camps' places emphasis on one aspect of World War II history while suppressing country's dark past

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]]> Polish officials rapped for perceived revisionism of Holocaust history https://www.timesofisrael.com/polish-officials-rapped-for-perceived-revisionism-of-holocaust-history/ Fri, 22 Jul 2016 07:27:14 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1432130 Censure comes following claims that Nazis, not Poles, were perpetrators of 1941 mass murder of Jews in Jedwabne

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]]> Polish president: No room for anti-Semitism in the country https://www.timesofisrael.com/polish-president-no-room-for-anti-semitism-in-the-country/ Tue, 05 Jul 2016 02:03:39 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1421516 At 70th anniversary of Kielce massacre, Andrzej Duda condemns all forms of 'prejudice, racism, xenophobia'

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]]> Reluctantly, belatedly, Poles mark 70 years since brutal post-Holocaust pogrom https://www.timesofisrael.com/poles-mark-70-years-since-brutal-post-holocaust-pogrom/ Sat, 02 Jul 2016 06:24:38 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1419859 Catholic psychologist has spent years working to commemorate the July 4, 1946 bludgeoning to death of dozens of Jewish survivors in Kielce

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]]> Crime novelist finds ‘Truth’ in anti-Semitic blood libel https://www.timesofisrael.com/crime-novelist-finds-truth-in-anti-semitic-blood-libel/ Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:27:21 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=348596 Polish writer Zygmunt Miłoszewski explains how an ancient lie inspired his latest book -- newly available in English -- and reflects on the charged history of Jews in Poland

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]]> Polish gentiles increasingly embrace Jewish culture as part of their own heritage https://www.timesofisrael.com/polish-gentiles-increasingly-embrace-jewish-culture-as-part-of-their-own-heritage/ Sat, 03 Nov 2012 11:44:56 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=264454 Growing efforts to preserve and resurrect Poland's Jewish past reflect changing attitudes to country's anti-Semitic history

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