On 1 September 1939, Germany invades Poland, after which a regulation was promulgated that all Polish Jews should move to the new Warsaw Ghetto. As in all the ghettos, a Judenrat was appointed and was ...

The festival will run from December 13 to 18 at the Jerusalem Cinematheque, will feature over 40 movies from 15 countries, ...

Lieutenant Colonel Zbigniew Rylski - the last surviving defender of one of the most fiercely contested strongholds in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising - died on 7 November 2025, Poland’s Territorial Defence ...

Archaeologists working in central Warsaw have uncovered the remains of a long-forgotten chocolate factory during excavations on Twarda Street, close to the city’s only surviving prewar synagogue.

Today’s Warsaw is safer, wealthier, and happier than ever. You’ll encounter stylishly dressed locals, sophisticated shopping boulevards, and thoughtful museums covering World War II, Jewish ...

Photo of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in Poland from the Jürgen Stroop Report to Heinrich Himmler in May 1943 Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...

Six months after the Claims Conference estimated that 220,800 Holocaust survivors remained alive, that number has dropped below 200,000, according to the group’s executive vice president. Visitors ...

Members of Leeds’s Jewish community gathered to pay their own respects on Remembrance Sunday. The Yahrzeit Memorial Service took place at the Beth Hamidrsh Hagadol Synagogue in Moortown, with the Lord ...