Poland

This file photo taken on April 25, 2012, shows the "Vieux-Port" (Old Harbour) shows the buidings designed by French architect Fernand Pouillon (1912-1986) and built between 1953 and 1960, in the southern city of Marseille. (Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP)

January 26, 2023, 7:50 pm

Marseille determined to remember ‘forgotten’ WWII roundups of Jews

In 1943 Velodrome d’Hiver raids, more than 12,000 people, including 4,000 children, were rounded up in the French capital in less than two days

By Sandra Laffont and Coline DACLIN

An undated photo of Maciej Walczak as aired by Iran's Fars news agency. (Video screenshot)

January 13, 2023, 11:26 pm

Warsaw says Polish scientist held by Iran for alleged spying has been freed

Poland announces release of Maciej Walczak, as Ireland confirms that it’s working with France to spring dual national arrested amid recent protests against regime

By Agencies

FILE - Doug Emhoff, the husband of US Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks during a roundtable discussion with Jewish leaders about the rise in antisemitism and efforts to fight hate in the United States, at the White House Campus in Washington, December 7, 2022. (Patrick Semansky/AP)

January 12, 2023, 3:18 pm

Doug Emhoff to visit Poland and Germany to combat rise in global antisemitism

Jewish husband of US Vice President Harris will mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, visit Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, meet European special envoys in Berlin

By Zeke Miller

Poland's President Andrzej Duda, left, and the country's chief rabbi, Michael Schudrich, right, light a candle during a Hanukkah ceremony at the presidential palace in Warsaw, Poland, December 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)

December 19, 2022, 11:46 pm

At Hanukkah reception, Polish president thanks Jews for aiding Ukrainian refugees

Andrzej Duda notes that country’s Jewish community has been active in organizing housing, food, education and other services for Ukrainian Jews and non-Jews alike

By Vanessa Gera

Australia's Mitchell Duke controls the ball during the World Cup group D soccer match between Australia and Denmark, at the Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

December 1, 2022, 5:42 am

Argentina, Australia advance to World Cup’s final 16 as Tunisia upsets France

Poland and France move on despite losses; Mexico booted, despite edging out Saudi Arabia; Tunisia’s surprise win not enough for it to advance either; Denmark loss ends its bid

By Terry DALEY

Saudi Arabia's Salem Al-Dawsari holds his head after missing a chance to score during the World Cup group C soccer match between Poland and Saudi Arabia, at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan , Qatar, Nov. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

November 26, 2022, 10:00 pm

Saudis lose second World Cup game after stunning initial win over Argentina

But Poland scrambles for long periods as Saudi team pushed forward by enthusiastic fans

By AP

Police officers work outside a grain depot where, according to the Polish government, an explosion of a Russian-made missile killed two people in Przewodow, Poland, November 16, 2022. (Michal Dyjuk/AP)

November 16, 2022, 6:28 pm

Poland, NATO say deadly missile hit near Polish village wasn’t a Russian attack

Polish president says it’s ‘highly probable’ rocket that killed two was fired by Ukrainian air defense at incoming Russian missiles

By VASILISA STEPANENKO

November 16, 2022, 2:55 pm

Moscow says Kyiv responsible for Poland missile blast that killed 2

Western officials also say explosion likely caused by Ukrainian interceptor; had sparked international concern over a possible further escalation of conflict

By AFP

Flags of NATO members fly outside the NATO headquarters, November 16, 2022 in Brussels. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

November 16, 2022, 2:02 pm

NATO holds emergency talks after Russian-made missile kills 2 in Poland

As Biden and US officials say the projectiles were likely fired by Ukrainian forces, NATO meeting doesn’t appear to focus on perceived threat to a member state

By LORNE COOK

A police officer checks a vehicle outside a grain depot where, according to the Polish government, an explosion of a Russian-made missile killed two people, in Przewodow, eastern Poland, November 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)

November 16, 2022, 5:14 am

Biden says ‘unlikely’ missile that hit NATO ally Poland fired from Russian territory

US pledges support for investigation after Poland says ‘Russian-made’ projectile killed 2 near Ukraine’s border, raising fears Western alliance could be drawn into war

By Agencies

Police officers gather outside a grain depot where the Polish Foreign Ministry said a Russian-made missile fell and killed two people in Przewodow, eastern Poland, on November 15, 2022. (AP Photo)

November 15, 2022, 11:53 pm

‘Russian-made’ missile strikes Poland, killing 2 and raising fears of wider war

Polish foreign ministry confirms strike, summons Russian ambassador; Moscow denies involvement; Biden talks with NATO chief as member state hit for 1st time since Russia’s invasion

By Agencies

Warsaw Mayor Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, left, with Andrzej Pilecki, center, and Zofia Pilecka-Obtulowicz, right, after they unveiled a monument to Capt. Witold Pilecki, in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, May 13, 2017. The son of World War II Auschwitz death camp hero Witold Pilecki is seeking millions in compensation from Poland's government for his father's post-war arrest and his 1948 execution by the communist authorities of the time. (AP/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

November 14, 2022, 5:32 am

Auschwitz hero’s son seeks millions from Poland for father’s 1948 execution

Andrzej Pilecki, 90, says $5.7m in compensation due to his dad to redress communist-era wrongs; case opens this week in Warsaw court

By AP

Thousands of people gather in Warsaw for a yearly Independence Day march organized by nationalist groups that has been marked by violence in past years in Poland, Nov. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)

November 13, 2022, 8:56 am

Polish Independence Day march features Nazi symbol, calls to burn Jews

Opposition lawmakers slam police for detaining anti-fascist activists in Warsaw but not reacting to Nazi symbol; in Krakow, crowd chants, ‘Down with the Jewish occupation’

By Vanessa Gera

A Celtic Cross is seen on a banner with the Polish and Ukrainian national colors, as participants attend Poland's Independence Day march organized by nationalist groups in Warsaw on November 11, 2022. (Wojtek Radwanski/AFP)

November 12, 2022, 9:16 am

Ukraine features prominently as far-right Poles stage Independence Day march

‘Hitler is dead but Putin is alive and he is repeating history with the Ukrainians,’ says marcher in Warsaw; ultra-nationalist group rails at ‘Ukrainization of Poland’

By Michel VIATTEAU

Jewish police detaining a former kapo who was recognized by former concentration camp inmates in the Zeilsheim Displaced Persons camp, Germany, ca. 1945. (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Alice Lev)

October 29, 2022, 2:06 pm

Post-Holocaust Jewish ‘honor courts’ channeled some survivors’ desire for revenge

Online event describes how after WWII, Jewish communities put hundreds of survivors on trial for alleged ‘moral transgressions’ during the genocide to stave off vigilante justice

By Matt Lebovic