The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/piotr-cywinski/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:57:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Piotr Cywinski | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/piotr-cywinski/ 32 32 Auschwitz foundation launches ‘Indifference Challenge’ to counter apathy to racism https://www.timesofisrael.com/auschwitz-foundation-launches-indifference-challenge-to-counter-apathy-to-racism/ Wed, 26 Jan 2022 14:27:09 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2690718 Grant program will reward projects tackling racial prejudice, antisemitism and discrimination; chairman warns that bystanders facilitate bigotry

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]]> Normally reticent Auschwitz museum director wades into Yad Vashem controversy https://www.timesofisrael.com/normally-reticent-auschwitz-museum-director-wades-into-yad-vashem-controversy/ Mon, 21 Dec 2020 13:42:26 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2452609 Piotr Cywiński makes the unusual move of speaking up about an Israeli plan for hawkish Effi Eitam, who has been accused of racist rhetoric, to head Israel's Holocaust center

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]]> Auschwitz museum head asks to swap spots with Nigerian boy jailed for blasphemy https://www.timesofisrael.com/auschwitz-museum-head-asks-to-swap-spots-with-nigerian-boy-jailed-for-blasphemy/ Fri, 25 Sep 2020 20:34:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2396184 After 13-year-old sentenced to 120 months in prison over conversation with a friend, Piotr Cywiński tells Nigeria's president he'll finance the boy's education if he's freed

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]]> Director of Auschwitz Museum slams holding of World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem https://www.timesofisrael.com/director-of-auschwitz-museum-slams-holding-of-world-holocaust-forum-in-jerusalem/ Wed, 22 Jan 2020 04:35:14 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2224974 Piotr Cywinski accuses organizers of trying to replace annual ceremony in Poland; fumes that 'it's simply so provocative and immature that I do not find the words to comment on it'

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]]> Muslim clerics visit Nazi death camp https://www.timesofisrael.com/muslim-clerics-visit-nazi-death-camp/ Thu, 23 May 2013 09:33:27 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=518148 'I tried to prevent my tears from my eyes because it’s very difficult to see how many people were killed without any reason,' Ramallah imam says

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]]> Auschwitz sets record with 1.43 million visitors in 2012 https://www.timesofisrael.com/auschwitz-sets-record-with-1-43-million-visitors-in-2012/ Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:30:50 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=333124 Tourist trips to the death camp have tripled in the past decade, both preserving victims' memory and threatening to damage the site

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]]> US, Poland tussle over Auschwitz barrack https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-poland-tussle-over-auschwitz-barracks/ Fri, 24 Feb 2012 06:06:27 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=18733 Poland demands return of artifact that has been on loan to Washington's Holocaust Museum for over 20 years

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