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Explosive new book reveals harrowing account of WWII Jews forced into doing the unthinkable

When the Germans established the Warsaw Ghetto in autumn 1940, they used the classic strategy of turning victims into perpetrators, ordering the creation of the Jewish Order Service, a quasi-police force that would do their dirty work. Jewish Historical Institute

Published in English, ‘Warsaw Ghetto Police: The Jewish Order Service during the Nazi Occupation’ by Holocaust academic Dr Katarzyna Person is the tragic story ‘of people who are placed in an impossible situation during war and the decisions they make.’

Polish diplomats in Japan helped save Jews from Holocaust

Poland's WW2 ambassador in Japan, along with a large group of Polish diplomats in the country, helped save Jews from the Holocaust, an oriental studies expert told PAP on Tuesday.

Future of historic Konin synagogue safe after owner swaps it with city officials for investment plot

After a decade of negotiations, the city has now taken possession of the 19th century synagogue and has vowed to safeguard it as an important element of Jewish cultural heritage by restoring it to its former glory and transforming it into a Jewish Cultural Centre.

World Jewish Congress joins criticism of The New Yorker article

The president of the World Jewish Congress has added his weight to condemnation of an article published inThe New Yorker magazine that implied Poland was complicit in the Holocaust.

US magazine updates article on Poland's role in Holocaust

The New Yorker magazine on Monday updated an article it published on the prosecution of Holocaust historians in Poland that has caused outrage in the Central European country.

US Holocaust columnist defends criticism despite outrage

Writing in The New Yorker last week, columnist Masha Gessen, who suggested the Polish nation had been responsible for the Holocaust, defended herself saying the Polish interpretation "ran against the rules of linguistics and logic.” 

Poland criticises US magazine for article on Poles' role in Holocaust

Deputy Foreign Minister Szymon Szynkowski vel Sek has said that an article by The New Yorker is a scandalous story that tries to place on Poland responsibility for the extermination of Jews during World War Two.

Jewish organisation AJC says Poland not to blame for 3 million Holocaust victims

AJC, a global Jewish advocacy organisation, on Saturday criticised an article published in the New Yorker magazine whose author purported that Poland and the Polish state were responsible for the deaths of 3 million Jews during WW2.

Warsaw campaign to install plaque reveals incredible WWII story of Jewish boys known as ‘the cigarette sellers of Three Crosses Square’

Operating between 1942 and 1944, the Jewish vendors aged between six and sixteen have been described as “the little heroes of WWII who, through their own survival, defeated the enemy.”

Anti-Semitism can never be accepted - president

Among the Poles there were the greatest number of those who really helped Jews during the Holocaust, President Andrej Duda said.

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