The Catholic Church beatified a Polish family that sheltered Jews during World War II on Sunday, calling them "a ray of light in the darkness." The Latin formula of the Ulma family's beatification was ...

Explore the complexities of Poland today and its relation to Jewish history and memory in a post-Holocaust context.

Jews in the Garden: A Holocaust Survivor, the Fate of His Family, and the Secret History of Poland in World War II; By Judy Rakwosky; Sourcebooks; 384 pp., $17.99 A veteran reporter who spent years ...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — In an unprecedented move, the Vatican on Sunday beatified a Polish family of nine — a married couple and their small children — who were executed by the Nazis during World War II ...

Writing a comprehensive history of Polish citizens during the Holocaust is a hefty task. A Polish law that criminalizes any mention of Polish responsibility for or complicity in Nazi crimes makes it ...

Because SS soldiers used the Nożyk Synagogue as a warehouse and horse stable during World War II, it was the only major Jewish synagogue the Nazis did not destroy in Poland's capital city of Warsaw.

From soccer to fencing, Jewish athletes once dominated Polish sports, and now their story is being told in Ramat Gan.

A host of events will be held in Poland this year to pay tribute to 20th-century singer Mieczysław Fogg, highlighting both his cultural legacy and his efforts to help Jews during World War II.

(JTA) In the heart of the former Warsaw Ghetto, where Jews were killed and their neighborhood razed during World War II, a Jewish community has never recovered — but a museum has for a decade drawn ...

The World Jewish Congress on Monday condemned the Polish prime minister for saying that holding Poland liable for the restitution of Jewish property seized by the Nazis during WWII would hand a ...

Though anti-Semitism has a long and virulent history in Poland, Jews form a vital and powerful segment of the present Polish government. As in other countries in Eastern Europe, the roots of the ...

At first glance, it seems like an ordinary, innocent photograph: a group of Polish peasants holding shovels in a field on a sunny day. But look closer and you see the skulls and bones scattered at ...