Vanessa Gera

Buildings in Lower Manhattan provide a backdrop to a statue dedicated to the victims of the Katyn massacre of 1940, on May 4, 2018, in Jersey City, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

May 9, 2018, 6:30 pm

Dispute over Jersey statue commemorating Polish massacre heats up

Memorial to 1940 Katyn tragedy being moved for renovations amid fears the action is revenge for Poland's Holocaust bill

By David Porter and Vanessa Gera

In this photo taken on April 19, 2016 people gather in front of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising monument holding daffodils to mark the Warsaw Ghetto uprising's 73th anniversary. (AFP PHOTO / WOJTEK RADWANSKI)

April 19, 2018, 12:28 pm

With daffodils, Poland marks 75th anniversary of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

As Poles wear paper flowers as symbol of mourning, survivor says he is 'terrified by the rebirth of fascism and nationalism' in country

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and Vanessa Gera

In this photo taken Thursday, March 15, 2018, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban sings along with performers wearing traditional outfits at the end of his speech outside the Hungarian Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

April 3, 2018, 6:19 pm

Far-right, Nazi apologist views going mainstream in much of Central Europe

In many places, the shift rightward has included rehabilitation of Nazi collaborators and a rise in anti-Semitic and anti-minority statements by officials

By Vanessa Gera and DUSAN STOJANOVIC

In this photo taken March 13, 2018, Jan Gross, a Holocaust scholar who has been a catalyst for historical debates about Polish behavior during the Holocaust, speaks to The Associated Press in Warsaw, Poland. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

March 28, 2018, 2:51 pm

Poland is trying to ‘gag’ history, says Holocaust historian who triggered debate

Professor Jan Gross, who angered many Poles by studying Polish violence against Jews, warns legislation will prevent young people from exploring topic

By Vanessa Gera

Former Polish politician Kornel Morawiecki (CC BY-SA Kornel Morawiecki Election Committee, Wikimedia Commons)

March 22, 2018, 1:02 pm

Polish government distances itself from PM’s father

Kornel Morawiecki, a lawmaker himself, alleges Poland's Jews entered ghettos voluntarily during the Holocaust

By Vanessa Gera

A visitor explores a new exhibition devoted to an anti-Semitic campaign in Poland in 1968 that was the main reaction of the communist regime in power at the time to a student rebellion in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, March 9, 2018.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

March 9, 2018, 5:48 pm

Exhibit explores persecution of Jews amid brutal response to 1968 Polish revolt

In 'Estranged: March '68 and its Aftermath,' POLIN Museum highlights anti-Semitic campaign that turned half of Poland's surviving Jews into refugees

By Vanessa Gera

Anna Stupnicka-Bando, left, a Polish woman recognized by Yad Vashem for helping Jews during the Holocaust, speaks with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Warsaw, Poland, on Monday February 26, 2018.(AP /Czarek Sokolowski)

February 27, 2018, 5:18 am

Poles who saved Jews in Holocaust urge dialogue with Israel amid spat

Representative of last survivors of 6,700 'Righteous Among the Nations' from Poland reads out letter to PM calling for 'future based on friendship, solidarity and truth' with Jews

By Vanessa Gera

A man participating in a Ruderman Family Foundation campaign released on February 21, 2018, urging the United States to cut its ties with Poland over a law criminalizing blaming the Polish state or nation for crimes of the Holocaust. (Screen capture/YouTube)

February 22, 2018, 12:17 am

US Jewish group withdraws Holocaust video offensive to Poles

Clip shows people saying 'Polish Holocaust,' calls on US to sever ties with ally Poland until it revokes controversial bill

By Vanessa Gera

Jewish people pray in a synagogue in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. Many members of Poland's small Jewish community have been left feeling stunned and scared by an eruption of anti-Semitic rhetoric in mainstream Polish public debate. The hostile rhetoric, unheard in public life in decades, comes amid a diplomatic crisis with Israel over a new Polish law that criminalizes some forms of Holocaust speech. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

February 17, 2018, 4:30 pm

Polish Jews stunned, scared by eruption of anti-Semitism

Recent public expressions of Jewish hatred amid tensions with Israel, world Jewry over Holocaust law have Jews reconsidering their future in the country

By Vanessa Gera

Illustrative photo: Workers removing anti-Semitic graffiti from a Holocaust memorial at a former Nazi concentration camp in Plaszow, southern Poland, on Saturday, March 13, 2010. (AP)

January 31, 2018, 1:18 am

Polish TV riposte to Holocaust bill criticism: Auschwitz was ‘Jewish death camp’

Israeli condemnation of legislation outlawing linking Poles to Nazi crimes sparks anti-Semitic backlash; nationalists plan protest outside Israeli embassy in Warsaw

By Vanessa Gera

A screenshot from a segment aired on Polish television about neo-Nazi group Pride and Modernity. (Screen capture: Twitter)

January 26, 2018, 4:18 pm

Polish neo-Nazi Hitler celebration sparks revulsion, debate

TV segment on Pride and Modernity group has led to calls for action against far-right, series of arrests

By Vanessa Gera

In this file photo from November 11, 2016, far-right nationalists burn flares as they march in large numbers through the streets of Warsaw to mark Poland's Independence Day. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

January 22, 2018, 6:57 pm

Polish government pressured to take action after expose on neo-Nazis

Opposition head says right-wing ruling party soft on extremism amid uproar over report on group that celebrated Hitler's birthday

By Vanessa Gera

Far-right demonstrators wave Polish flags during the annual march to commemorate Poland's National Independence Day in Warsaw, Saturday, November 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

November 14, 2017, 3:24 am

Polish president sharply condemns weekend nationalist march

Andrzej Duda says there is no place in Poland for xenophobia, 'sick nationalism' and anti-Semitism

By Vanessa Gera

Demonstrators burn flares and wave Polish flags during the annual march to commemorate Poland's National Independence Day in Warsaw on November 11, 2017. (AFP/Janke )

November 12, 2017, 1:34 am

60,000 join far-right march on Poland’s Independence Day

Demonstrators in downtown Warsaw marching under slogan of 'We Want God' overshadow state observances and celebrations

By Vanessa Gera

Nationalists burn flares as they march in large numbers through the streets of Warsaw to mark Poland's Independence Day, November 11, 2016, (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

November 11, 2017, 2:03 am

Polish far-right march goes global, drawing people from afar

Event in Warsaw marking Poland's Independence Day has become one of the largest gatherings of white supremacists worldwide in recent years

By Vanessa Gera