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Polish Yiddish singer-songwriter Maria Ka in concert. (Iwona Wojdowska)
April 12, 2023, 3:52 am
After unmuting her hidden Jewish roots, Polish singer amplifies them in Yiddish punk
On a new album dropping on April 20 to mark the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Maria Ka takes cues from electronica for songs inspired by feminism and anti-establishmentarianism
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Trupa Trupa (Courtesy)
January 23, 2020, 4:13 am
Polish post-punk band rages against populism, hatred, and Holocaust denial
Trupa Trupa vocalist and songwriter Grzegorz Kwiatkowski — shaped by his ancestors’ imprisonment at Stutthof concentration camp — speaks truth to power through punk poetry
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Thousands of people gather in Warsaw under the slogan "Stop Hatred" on January 14, 2019, to protest against violence and honor Pawel Adamowicz, the late mayor of Polish port city Gdansk, who died after being stabbed in the heart by a young man at a weekend charity fundraiser. (Janek Skarzynski/AFP)
January 15, 2019, 8:01 pm
Soul-searching in Poland after deadly stabbing of mayor
Jewish groups warn that hatred is ‘becoming more and more visible’ and accepted in Polish political and social life
By AFP and JTA
A man holds a sharp object just after stabbing Gdansk Mayor Pawel Adamowicz, on Sunday Jan. 13, 2019. Adamowicz was taken to a hospital in very serious condition after the attack and underwent an operation.(AP Photo/Anna Rezulak)
January 14, 2019, 1:11 am
Polish mayor stabbed on stage during charity event, condition very serious
Attacker says stabbing an act of revenge for his unjust imprisonment; Gdansk mayor Pawel Adamowicz a supporter of city’s Jewish community, LGBT rights
By Vanessa Gera
A broken window is seen at the New Synagogue in Gdansk, Poland, after a stone was thrown at it during Yom Kippur prayers on September 20, 2018. (GWŻ Gdańsk via World Jewish Congress)
September 29, 2018, 2:11 am
Alleged attacker of Polish synagogue under psychiatric evaluation
Jewish leader in Gdansk says suspect behind stone throwing on Yom Kippur also recently attacked a church
By Cnaan Liphshiz
A broken window is seen at the New Synagogue in Gdansk, Poland, after a stone was thrown at it during Yom Kippur prayers on September 20, 2018. (GWŻ Gdańsk via World Jewish Congress)
September 23, 2018, 8:42 pm
Man arrested in Yom Kippur rock attack on Polish synagogue
Attack came during prayer services, no one was injured; suspect identified from security footage
By JTA
A broken window is seen at the New Synagogue in Gdansk, Poland, after a stone was thrown at it during Yom Kippur prayers on September 20, 2018. (GWŻ Gdańsk via World Jewish Congress)
September 20, 2018, 4:40 pm
Rock hurled into Polish synagogue during Yom Kippur prayers
Nobody hurt, but stone lands near area with women and children, Gdansk Jewish community says; mayor calls for swift action
By JTA
Kazimierz Piechowski, a non-Jewish political prisoner who led a daring escape from the Auschwitz death camp in 1942, died at the age of 98 on15, December 2017. (YouTube screenshot)
December 19, 2017, 1:24 am
Kazimierz Piechowski, leader of daring Auschwitz escape, dies at 98
Non-Jewish political prisoner one of four to drive out of death camp using stolen SS uniforms, weapons and the truck of Hitler’s deputy
By JTA
File: This picture taken on May 24, 2015 in Warsaw shows Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of Polish Law and Justice (PiS) right wing opposition party and twin brother of late president Lech Kaczynski arriving to cast his vote during the second round of the presidential elections. (Wojtek Radwanski/AFP)
July 28, 2017, 7:29 pm
Polish ruling party head in German war jibe
Jaroslaw Kaczynski says Germany has ‘rejected’ its WWII responsibilities
By AFP
Anti-government protesters raise candles and placards reading 'Constitution,' as they gather in front of the Supreme Court in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, July 22, 2017 (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)
July 23, 2017, 2:44 am
Protesters across Poland warn of impending dictatorship
As government moves to take control of the supreme court, former president Walesa urges Poles to fight for democracy
By Agencies
Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (2nd L), and his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge (L), visit the former Stutthof Nazi concentration camp near Gdansk, Poland, on July 18, 2017. (AFP Photo/Simon Krawczyk)
July 18, 2017, 6:02 pm
Prince William, Kate visit former Nazi concentration camp in Poland
Royal couple meets with two British survivors of Stutthof in Gdansk, where 28,000 Jews were murdered during the Holocaust
By Stuart Winer
A woman fishes near the Museum of the Second World War, an ambitious new museum under creation for nine years which is almost completed, in Gdansk, Poland, on Monday, January 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
January 24, 2017, 8:55 am
Fate of Polish WWII museum unclear amid battle over history
Nationalist lawmakers say focus should be on Polish ‘exceptionality,’ not universal message of civilian suffering
By Vanessa Gera
Gdansk city hall and Długi Targ street (CC BY, kishjar?, Flickr)
July 17, 2016, 9:44 pm
Man harasses woman at Polish synagogue, attempts to break in
Suspect, who was drunk, charged with hate speech and attempted B&E at Gdansk shul
By JTA
This architectural visualization provided by Studio Architektoniczne Kwadrat in Gdynia, Poland, shows how the Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk, Poland, is projected to look after its completion. (Krzysztof Droszcz/Studio Architektoniczne Kwadrat via AP)
April 24, 2016, 3:46 pm
Polish leaders threaten to purge international scope from WWII museum
Eight years into making of $120 million project, ruling party looks to transform concept into nationalist institution focused solely on Poles’ experience during war
By AP
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