With the number of Holocaust survivors dwindling, thousands are expected to be in attendance for the annual March of the Living on April 24th, walking the somber path from Auschwitz to Birkenau to mark Yom Hashoah.
In January, Turski gave a speech at the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, where he warned against rising antisemitism.
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen this week met with his counterpart in Warsaw, saying the resumption of school trips from Israel to Poland will strengthen relations between the countries.
Poland and Hungary both claim to be allies of the Jewish state, yet their envoys celebrated the anniversary of the "Iranian Revolution," a regime that seeks Israel's destruction.
A photo was taken of a girl holding an Israeli flag outside of the entrance to Auschwitz. Facebook flagged it as "insensitive" but has since apologized.
Israeli officials condemned the legislation, with Foreign Minister Yair Lapid saying it 'damages both the memory of the Holocaust and the rights of its victims.'
'Morawiecki’s contention that providing restitution to Jews for their stolen property would be ‘Hitler’s posthumous victory’ is alarming in the extreme.'
The Palestinians on Monday called on Arab nations to boycott or downgrade their representation at a Mideast summit co-hosted by the United States, as President Mahmoud Abbas traveled to Saudi Arabia discuss 'the dangers facing the Palestinian cause.'
Artist Rafał Betlejewski speaks out against the recent outbreak of anti-Semitism in Poland, where a bill was recently passed whitewashing Polish complicity in Nazi atrocities.
The Israeli Education Ministry declared that the new Polish law banning references to Polish complicity in the Holocaust will not stop Israeli high schoolers from hearing the truth.
Poland is promoting a bill that dissociates the country from the Holocaust. We must demand that Poland face its dark past and recognize its complacency in the Holocaust.