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Girl with a Dove by French artist Antoine Pense that the German Nazis stole from Poland's National Museum in Poznan during World War II (Wikimedia Commons)
October 15, 2019, 5:00 am
French court refuses to surrender US dealer holding Nazi-looted art to Poland
Warsaw accuses Alexander Khochinskiy of holding an 18th century work that Nazis stole from Poland’s National Museum in Poznan during World War II
By AP
The ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski leaves polling station after his vote in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019 (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
October 14, 2019, 9:54 pm
Polish conservatives win lower house but lose Senate
Results indicate the opposition will have a tool to prevent the ruling party from rushing through legislation
By Vanessa Gera
Leader of Poland's ruling party Jaroslaw Kaczynski, center, and party activists react to exit poll results after voting closed in the nation's parliamentary election in Warsaw , Poland, October 13 ,2019. (AP Photo)
October 14, 2019, 4:16 am
Poland’s conservative ruling party declares victory in divided nation
Critics fear nationalist Law and Justice could reverse country’s recent democratic achievements, including by hampering judiciary and marginalizing minorities
By Vanessa Gera and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
Leader of Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski reacts after the first exit polls during the party's electoral evening in Warsaw, Poland, on October 13, 2019 (Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)
October 13, 2019, 11:45 pm
Populists top Poland vote and expand majority, exit polls indicate
A strong win by the Law and Justice party could enable it to proceed with court reforms that risk undermining judicial independence and the rule of law
By AFP and TOI staff
Interior Minister Yosef Burg on November 1, 1976. (Saar Yaacov/GPO)
October 13, 2019, 12:22 pm
Fake Polish passport saved top Israeli politician from the Nazis, Warsaw says
Polish Embassy in Switzerland says German-born Yosef Burg, elected to first Knesset in 1949 and an MK for next 40 years, escaped as part of operation that rescued thousands of Jews
By TOI staff
Polish nationals cast their ballots on October 12, 2019, in Chicago, Illinois, one day before parliamentary elections in Poland. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP)
October 13, 2019, 9:09 am
Populists eye victory as deeply divided Poland votes
Amid concerns for country’s democracy, ruling Law and Justice party expected to easily pick up most votes, but could lose parliamentary majority
By Mary SIBIERSKI
In this photo taken on September 26, 2019, supporters of Poland's ruling right-wing party are standing in line before a candidate's billboard to get to a party convention in Warsaw, Poland, ahead of the parliamentary election in which the Law and Justice party is hoping to win a second term in power. (AP/Czarek Sokolowski)
October 12, 2019, 6:35 pm
Amid fears for democracy, Poles set for one of most crucial elections in decades
Critics fear Warsaw’s illiberal turn could become irreversible if ruling Law and Justice party, country’s most popular, wins another four-year term
By AP and TOI staff
Illustrative: German soldiers in Warsaw during the Nazi invasion of Poland, September 1939. (AP Photo)
October 5, 2019, 8:13 am
Wikipedia page on Warsaw death camp where 200,000 were killed was 15-year fake
Haaretz shows online encyclopedia since 2004 hosted false entry on Nazi camp complete with gas chambers where Poles were murdered; untrue claims made way onto other Wikipedia pages
By TOI staff
Renia Spiegel smiling in her southern Polish town of Przemysl at the age of 18 in 1942 (FAMILY HANDOUT / ARCHIVE ELIZABETH BELLAK / AFP)
September 30, 2019, 6:24 pm
Teen diarist Renia Spiegel, ‘Poland’s Anne Frank’, gets her due after 80 years
Now being translated into 15 languages, journal describes conditions in Nazi-occupied Przemysl until 18-year-old’s death in 1942, which was recorded by her boyfriend in final entry
By Anna Maria Jakubek
A poster including images of former and current Israeli diplomats as well as prominent Jewish figures along with the slogan "Beware of parasites" -- using a play on the words to include the word for "Jew" as part of the word for "parasites." (Courtesy)
September 29, 2019, 1:15 pm
‘Beware of parasites’: Anti-Semitic posters put up in Warsaw ahead of elections
Flyers demanding an end to Holocaust property restitution show images of Israeli diplomats and Jewish figures
By TOI staff
Polish President Andrzej Duda speaks during the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 24, 2019 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. (Don Emmert / AFP)
September 27, 2019, 1:44 pm
Poland says claim president blamed Israel for anti-Semitism ‘plainly not true’
Duda’s office says Jewish Insider website ‘made up’ a report according to which the president accused Jerusalem of responsibility for rising hate
By TOI staff
Poland's President Andrzej Duda gives a press conference on February 6, 2018, in Warsaw. (AFP/Janek Skarzynski)
September 27, 2019, 9:43 am
Polish president blamed Israel for anti-Semitic incidents in country — report
In meeting with Jewish leaders in New York, Duda reportedly shocked attendees by suggesting offensive comments by Israeli FM were cause for rise in hate
By TOI staff
Worshippers locked out of Izaak Synagogue, Krakow, July 1, 2019 (Courtesy Rabbi Avi Baumol)
September 25, 2019, 11:34 pm
Rabbi evicted from Krakow synagogue must be allowed back, Polish court rules
Jewish community barred Chabad’s Eliezer Gurary from premises, claiming he and his congregants damaged site
By JTA
Jarosław Dudzicz, president of the court in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland. (Twitter)
September 13, 2019, 9:51 am
Polish judge called Jews a ‘despicable, filthy nation’ in online forum
District court judge admits to posting comment in 2015 but is not charged due to his immunity
By JTA
Polish people who saved Jews during World War II sit with family members and others during an event to honor them, in Warsaw, Poland, September 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
September 8, 2019, 9:16 pm
As their numbers shrink, Poles who saved Jews during Holocaust honored
‘When most turned their backs on their Jewish neighbors, you did not,’ executive VP Jewish Foundation for the Righteous tells aging rescuers in Warsaw
By Vanessa Gera
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