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Director Yoav Potash (left) greets Yaacov Goldstein, one of the last Jewish survivors of Gniewoszów, Poland. (Courtesy of 8 Above via JTA)
February 25, 2026, 2:47 pm
Poland ‘investigates’ film about Jews killed after the Holocaust, may ban it
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
By Shira Li Bartov
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk attends solemn ceremonies at the monument to the 1939 heroic defense of the Westerplatte peninsula to mark the 85th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, at Westerplatte, on the Baltic Sea, Poland, September 1, 2024. (Wojciech Strozyk/AP)
August 6, 2025, 10:26 am
Foreign Ministry summons Polish envoy after Tusk slams Israel with Holocaust allusion
Dressing down comes in response to Polish premier referencing ‘the hell of World War II’ when condemning ‘politicians whose actions lead to hunger and the death of mothers and children’
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
A man puts a candle by new plaques recently placed near a Polish monument to Jews murdered by their Polish neighbors in the 1941 Jedwabne massacre, July 10, 2025. (Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)
July 14, 2025, 3:58 pm
In Polish town where locals burned Jews alive, ‘alternate memorial’ denies complicity
Far-right activist erected history-falsifying plaques at site of 1941 Jedwabne massacre ahead of last week’s commemoration, smearing Jewish victims and exonerating Polish perpetrators
By Shira Li Bartov
Supporters of Poland's presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki hold Polish flags as they gather to attend a campaign rally in Warsaw on May 25, 2025, a week ahead of the second round of presidential elections. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)
May 31, 2025, 1:42 pm
Poland to vote for next president, with Holocaust history an apparent item on the ballot
In Sunday’s crucial runoff election, Warsaw’s liberal-centrist mayor faces a right-wing historian who helmed a nationalist effort to rewrite the country’s role in the Holocaust
By Shira Li Bartov
Maciej Hunia, Poland's chief of mission in Israel, speaks to The Times of Israel, October 30, 2024 (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)
October 31, 2024, 3:44 pm
Poland’s new envoy rejects Gaza genocide claims, says democracies must back Israel
In first interview with Israeli outlet, former spy chief Maciej Hunia says allied nations’ fights over Holocaust history are in the past
By Lazar Berman
Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Pawel Jablonski in Warsaw, Poland, September 8, 2020. (Czarek Sokolowski/AP)
June 6, 2023, 4:44 pm
Polish government delegation visits Israel after contentious deal on youth trips
Deputy foreign minister meets Israeli officials to discuss bilateral cooperation and ‘stopping Russian aggression,’ as sides look to mend ties damaged by row over Holocaust history
By ToI Staff
Singer Noa Kirel poses at a press conference in Tel Aviv on August 10, 2022, announcing her participation in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)
May 26, 2023, 8:17 am
Poland says Noa Kirel accepted invitation to visit amid row over Holocaust remarks
Pop star had caused outcry in country, calling points she received from Poland at Eurovision song competition a ‘victory’ given that members of her family perished there in WWII
By ToI Staff
Noa Kirel of Israel during the flag ceremony during the Grand Finale of the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, England, May 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
May 20, 2023, 3:51 pm
‘It’s painful for us’: Poland invites Noa Kirel for visit after Eurovision remarks
Warsaw upset at singer for describing the maximum 12 points she received from Poland at song competition as a ‘victory’ given that members of her family perished there in Holocaust
By ToI Staff
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen (left) and Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau in Warsaw on March 22, 2023 (Foreign Ministry)
March 22, 2023, 6:48 pm
‘Crisis over’: Israeli, Polish FMs sign deal to mend ties, return envoy to Tel Aviv
Years-long dispute appears to be drawing to a close after Eli Cohen signs agreement in Warsaw on student tours to Nazi camps; contents of deal remain under wraps
By Lazar Berman
An academic paper found that a dedicated group has for some 15 years manipulated Wikipedia in ways that lay blame for the Holocaust on Jews and absolve Poland of almost any responsibility for its record of antisemitism. (JTA illustration)
March 2, 2023, 6:56 pm
Wikipedia’s ‘Supreme Court’ tackles alleged conspiracy to distort Holocaust articles
For the first time in its nearly 20 years, the online encyclopedia’s arbitration committee voluntarily takes up a case amid claims some editors are whitewashing Polish history
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Jews from Poland and abroad gather for commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of a massacre of Jews in Jedwabne, Poland, on July 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Michal Kosc)
September 21, 2022, 1:10 am
Poland defends including pogroms in reparation demands: Nazis should have saved Jews
Israeli Holocaust researcher says move is part of Polish efforts to claim they were as much the victims as Jews were; Head of Yad Vashem decries ‘distortion’
By Judah Ari Gross
File: Polish Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich, second from right in blue tie, speaks next to Catholic clergymen at the Jedwabne commemoration ceremony, July 11, 2021. (Krzysztof Bielawski)
September 11, 2022, 4:35 pm
In its $1.3t demand from Germany, Poland seeks reparations for Jews killed by Poles
Leading Polish researcher decries government report as ‘political, not historical,’ says its authors willfully ignored Polish involvement in atrocities
By Judah Ari Gross
Jaroslaw Nowak, the Polish government's envoy for Jewish relations, was fired after calling a Holocaust speech law passed by his country's ruling party as 'stupid.' (video screenshot)
January 10, 2022, 3:19 pm
Polish envoy to Jews fired after calling Holocaust law ‘one of stupidest ever’
Jaroslaw Nowak criticized his own government’s policies on Holocaust remembrance in an interview with UK’s Jewish News
By AP
Holocaust survivor Edward Mossberg with Polish president Andrzej Duda, at a ceremony in the March of the Living at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp site in Poland, as Israel marks annual Holocaust Memorial Day, on April 12, 2018. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90/ File)
From the WebJanuary 8, 2022, 7:57 pm
Polish envoy for Jews: Holocaust research law ‘one of stupidest ever’
Speaking to Jewish News, Jaroslaw Marek Nowak makes striking statements on his own government’s actions to restrict claims against Poland in WWII
Poland's then-ambassador to Israel, Marek Magierowski, poses for a picture in Jerusalem, on October 11, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 25, 2021, 9:40 pm
Poland downgrades mission to Israel, says it won’t return ambassador
Jerusalem has also yet to send its top diplomat back to Warsaw after controversial restitution legislation that Israeli officials called ‘antisemitic and immoral’
By AP and ToI Staff
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