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Wikipedia disciplines editors in Holocaust distortion dispute but sidesteps debate over Polish complicity

The online encyclopedia didn’t take a position on the underlying dispute over Polish antisemitism and complicity with the Nazis, instead focused on whether editors adhered to the community's code of conduct.

History | History

Polish Responsibility for the Holocaust Was Not Minor

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News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Israel Capitulates to Poland’s Demands to Expose Jewish Children to Holocaust Denial

This is the second attempt of a Netanyahu government to help erase Poland’s participation in the mass murder of Jews.

Politics | Politics

Is A NATO vs. Russia War Possible over Poland Missile Strike?

Poland has suffered a tragedy with what looks like a Russian missile crash landing. However, calls for invoking NATO's article 5 are wrong.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Mass grave holding ashes of 8,000 Nazi victims discovered in Polish forest

  Special investigators in Poland say they have found two mass graves containing the ashes of at least 8,000 Poles

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PODCAST: Putin Recruits Islamofascist Mercenaries; The Atlantic Focuses on Nuclear War's Effect on the Climate

While Russian despot Vladimir Putin continues to target civilians in his unprovoked war in Ukraine, the fascist-Left darling publication The Atlantic features an article panicking about how a nuclear war would be harmful to the climate. Honestly, you can

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SUNDAY DIGEST: According to The Atlantic Nuclear War 'Would Hurt the Climate'

According to The Atlantic Nuclear War 'Would Hurt the Climate' The Atlantic, a far-left magazine owned by Apple founder Steve Jobs's billionaire widow Laurene Powell Jobs, published an article by Robinson Meyer warning that if the Russian i

Politics | Politics

Revealed: The Real Reason That Deal to Send Fighter Jets to Ukraine Fell Through

A lot of what we are seeing is a front.

Politics | Opinion

The Surge in Holocaust Revisionism

The leader of Holocaust revisionism today is not Whoopi Goldberg but the current Polish government. Opinion.

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Jewish historian shuns award from Polish government’s history center | The Times of Israel

Eliyana Adler says Pilecki Institute suppresses Holocaust research and ignores how some Poles profited from murder of their neighbors; site director calls allegations 'unfounded'

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UNPACKED: Watch Magnum Opus of a Monster: Faces of the Holocaust.

UNPACKED: Watch Magnum Opus of a Monster: Faces of the Holocaust. Maria Mandl, an art and music aficionado, was one of the highest ranking female SS officers of the Nazi party. Known as “The Beast”, Mandl was ultimately held responsible for the death

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Fourth Expert Resigns From Polish Government’s Auschwitz Council After Appointment of Hardline Nationalist Stirs Controversy

A sign at the Auschwitz death camp ordering “Stop!” in German and Polish. Photo: Reuters/Kacper Pempel. Another expert has resigned …

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Polish Online Gift Shop Removes ‘Burn a Big Jew’ Candle Following Protest From Anti-Racist Association

A picture of the candle shaped as a stereotypical Jew holding a gold coin on sale in Poland. Photo: Screenshot. …

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‘Poland Cannot Hide The Truth:’ Anger Among Jewish Leaders as Warsaw Court Orders Holocaust Scholars to Apologize for Alleged Libel

Spectators attend a commemorative ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War Two in Warsaw, Poland …

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Auschwitz Memorial Twitter account minimizes Polish complicity for the Holocaust

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News | Antisemitism Watch

Polish school show gives horrific nod to Nazi gas chambers

A school in eastern Poland recently put on a play with children in concentration camp uniforms being executed in Auschwitz

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Poland Asks Netflix to Make Changes to Documentary About Nazi Death Camp Guard

Convicted Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk leaves a courtroom in Munich after the verdict in his case, May 12, …

News | Israel/Jewish Community

Polish Prime Minister: Reparations for Jewish Property Stolen During the Holocaust Would Be ‘Victory for Hitler’ | Jewis

The main gate at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Photo: Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum. The Prime Minister of Poland has declared …

News | Antisemitism Watch

1941 Picture Shows Pruchnik Was Burning Jews in Effigy Long Before Latest Incident

It's safe to say that many Jews are relieved that the good folks of Pruchnik restricted themselves to an effigy and did not go after actual Jews.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Leading Jewish group outraged at beating of Judas effigy in Poland | The Times of Israel

WJC says Good Friday ritual that cast New Testament villain as a stereotypical Jew was a 'ghastly revival of medieval anti-Semitism'

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Passover Seder to be held in Warsaw Ghetto for first time in 76 years | The Jerusalem post

Before the Holocaust, approximately one-third of Warsaw was Jewish.

News | Antisemitism Watch

‘How to Recognize a Jew’: Outrage Over Sale of Antisemitic Newspaper at Polish Parliament’s Hotel

“How to Recognize the Jew”: The antisemitic headline in Polish publication “Tylko Polska.” Photo: Twitter. Poland’s parliament faced international embarrassment …

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Far Right Protesters Gather at Auschwitz During Annual Camp Liberation Commemoration

Far right ONR (National Radical Camp) activists walk past the “Arbeit Macht Frei” gate at the former Nazi German concentration …

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How the U.S. pressured Poland into softening its law on Holocaust speech

Trump and Polish president Duda did not meet once during the Polish leader’s five-day visit to the United States last month, while Trump did meet with the president of Uzbekistan at the White House.

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Polish government cancels scheduled Bennett visit over Holocaust remarks - International news - Jerusalem Post

“The blood of Polish Jews cries from the ground, and no law will silence it. The Government of Poland cancelled my visit, because I mentioned the crimes of its people. I am honored.”

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Polish discus thrower auctions his Rio Olympics medal to help 3-year-old boy with eye cancer

Piotr Malachowski has sold his Rio silver medal to help cover the cost of the surgery for 3-year-old Olek Szymanski, who is suffering from a rare eye cancer.