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Family killed by Nazis for sheltering Jews beatified by Catholic church

Jozef Ulma, his wife Wiktoria and their seven children were given one of Catholicism's highest honours

By Richard Percival

2 min read
The family grave of family Ulma is pictured in Markowa on September 10, 2023 during the beatification of the Ulma family. A Polish couple and their seven children, murdered in 1944 by the Nazis for hiding Jews, were beatified in Poland, a first for an entire family in the Catholic Church. (Photo by BARTOSZ SIEDLIK / AFP) (Photo by BARTOSZ SIEDLIK/AFP via Getty Images)
Why the descendants of one Jewish family destroyed by Holocaust are still living with the trauma
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Why the descendants of one Jewish family destroyed by Holocaust are still living with the trauma

By Nicole Lampert

5 min read
1943: Fire breaks out during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, a Polish insurrection against the German forces who had occupied Poland at the start of World War II. By 1944 Warsaw was the centre of Polish resistance, but the army was forced to surrender on October 2nd 1944 under pressure from German air raids. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
Holocaust survivors

Germany reveals plans for national memorial to remember Polish Jews who died in Holocaust

By Richard Percival

1 min read
The secret rescue plan which saved 10,000 Jews from the Holocaust explored
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The secret rescue plan which saved 10,000 Jews from the Holocaust explored

By Felix Pope

1 min read
JJJ6Y7 Krasilov, Ukraine (Russian / Polish shtetl or Jewish village ).c. 1916-17. Jewish men sitting outside shop talking
Eastern Europe

When eastern Europe was home to the Jews

By Colin Shindler

2 min read
Israeli artistic swimmers dance to gold at European Games 'just 10 mins from Auschwitz'
Sport

Israeli artistic swimmers dance to gold at European Games 'just 10 mins from Auschwitz'

By JC Reporter

1 min read
British Olympic Association visit to Auschwitz Birkenau at the Krakov European Games.
Poland

British athletes pay respects to Jews murdered during Holocaust at Auschwitz

By Katie Grant

1 min read

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They're playing Nazis in my grandparents' Polish homeland

By Nicholas Lezard

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June 22, 2023 13:36
They're playing Nazis in my grandparents' Polish homeland

Polish Kindertransport memorial restored to its Gdansk city centre site

By Daniel Ben-David

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June 14, 2023 15:05
Gdańsk. Powrót w przestrzeń publiczną Pomnika Kindertransportów

Polish city criticised after holding foam party on Jewish cemetery

By JC Reporter

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June 7, 2023 09:06
Polish city criticised after holding foam party on Jewish cemetery

Noa Kirel accidentally reignites row with Poland over role in Holocaust

By Josh Kaplan

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May 21, 2023 09:31
Singer Noa Kirel performs on behalf of Israel during the final of the Eurovision Song contest 2023 on May 13, 2023 at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, northern England. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

New 'Forgotten Exodus' project to shine a light on Jews expelled from 1960s Poland

By Daniel Ben-David

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May 19, 2023 09:26
New 'Forgotten Exodus' project to shine a light on Jews expelled from 1960s Poland

Auschwitz slams 'tasteless' ice cream stand set up outside 'Death Gate'

By JC Reporter

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May 15, 2023 12:39
Auschwitz slams 'tasteless' ice cream stand set up outside 'Death Gate'

Polish government denounced over ‘dangerous' attack on Holocaust scholar

By JC Reporter

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April 30, 2023 12:10
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 11: Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki speaks to the press alongside U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus April 11, 2023 in Washington, DC. Morawiecki is in the United States for meetings aimed at strengthening economic and defense cooperation between U.S. and Poland. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Victory for Gdansk ghetto memorial campaigners

By Liam Hoare

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April 28, 2023 12:30
Victory for Gdansk ghetto memorial campaigners
Isabel Sawkins

By Isabel Sawkins

Ignore the grim stats about Eastern European Jews

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March 30, 2023 09:45
Ukrainian Jewish refugees who fled the war celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim at Chabad-Lubavitch synagogue in Chisinau on March 16, 2022. - The Jewish refugees wait to be flown to Israel in the coming days. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP) (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP via Getty Images)
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