Warsaw

The forgotten German who saved Jews in Japan - and the diary that resurfaced 80 years later

A child’s wartime diary has reopened the story of Willy Rudolf Foerster, a German industrialist who helped Jewish refugees reach Japan.

Willy Rudolf Foerster with his children,  Willy Jr. and Erica.
Members of the media work next to a cordoned-off area as police and fire fighters work at the site of a deadly attack at a school by a 15-year-old former pupil, in Leszczydol-Nowiny, Wyszkow County, northeast of Warsaw, Poland, October 8, 2026.

Three injured in Poland's third youth stabbing attack in four days

Jürgen Stroop watches his troops raze the Warsaw Ghetto.

Nazi war criminal's chilling account of Warsaw Ghetto destruction reaches English readers

A synagogue napkin made from satin, cotton and metal tassels is among the items being returned from Poland to Greece.

Poland returns 91 Jewish objects to Greece, decades after they were stolen by Nazis


Jewish hotel in Poland offers free rooms to coronavirus treating doctors

Some doctors don’t want to go home right away and be in close contact with family members after a shift working closely with coronavirus patients.

Members of the hotel staff wear protective gear while serving food at the Dan Panorama Hotel in Tel Aviv.

The fallen Sukkot of Jewish Poland

Dateline: Warsaw 1968

Nozyk Synagogue sukkah 2019, Poland

Gal Gadot will star as Warsaw Ghetto heroine

The movie will be made for Warner Bros, and Gadot and Varsano will produce with Marc Platt.

Actor Gal Gadot arrives with her husband, Yaron Varsano, to attend the National Board of Review awards gala in New York, U.S., January 9, 2018

University of Warsaw students remember pre-WWII segregation of Jews

This is the second year in a row that University of Warsaw students have commemorated the victims of such discrimination.

The Warsaw Ghetto Heroes Monument

After Israeli students badly beaten, Warsaw police arrests two men

The students were badly beaten by people who shouted ‘f***k Israel’ in what the Poles view as a hate crime.

People are being checked by security officers before concert of Allah-las in Warsaw, Poland August 24, 2017.

Polish woman who saved adoptive Jewish family from Holocaust dies at 102

Krystyna Danko was one of the oldest and most celebrated non-Jews recognized by Israel for saving Jews from the Holocaust.

From the Depths founder Jonny Daniels sits with the oldest living Righteous Among the Nations Krystyna Dańko on her 102nd birthday

Jewish community participates in Warsaw Pride Parade for first time

About one hundred members of the Jewish community took part in the parade throughout the streets of the capital, surrounded by 47,000 other participants.

A participant rides a motorbike during the EuroPride 2010 parade through the streets of Warsaw

Preserving the history of Poland Jewish community

The Warsaw Ghetto Museum opens in 2023

World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder addresses a ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising on April 19, 2018

Reflecting upon the heroism of victims and rescuers on Holocaust Remembrance Day

This is a magnificent gesture from the leader of the country that leads the free world.

IDF soldiers at the Chamber of the Holocaust, Mount Zion, Jerusalem for a Yom HaShoah ceremony, April 11, 2018

Passover and the Holocaust

‘We had entered the unknown, but were holding on to what we cherished’ – Rena Quint.

Holocaust memorial candles