In an effort to distance itself from Nazi concentration camps built on its territory during WWII, Poland is seeking to outlaw, with a penalty of jail, the term "Polish death camps."
Historians say the existence of the train, which is said to have gone missing in May 1945, has never been conclusively proven. Polish authorities nonetheless have seemed eager to pursue any chance of recovering its supposed treasures.
Poland's President, Andrzej Duda, strongly condemned all forms of racism, xenophobia and anti-Semitism as he led commemorations Monday marking the 70th anniversary of a massacre of Jews after World War II.
Hundreds of Islamic terrorists are already in Europe and the attacks in Paris and Brussels were only the tip of a massive iceberg, Moshe Ya'alon warned Europe.
Princeton professor Jan Tomasz Gross said Poland's new stance on dissociating itself from the Holocaust is "a step back to the dark ages of anti-Semitism," while he decried other anti-democratic policies adopted by the new Polish government.
Treblinka holds a notorious place in history as nearly all Jews brought there were immediately killed. After a prisoner revolt in the camp, Samuel Willenberg managed to escape and lived to tell the truth about the Nazi attempt to exterminate the Jews as well as Polish complicity in the Holocaust.
Liberal Poles accept the overwhelming evidence of Polish guilt in the Jedwabne massacre and have supported public apologies for it. But other Poles argue that the Germans inspired the massacre and armed the local thugs — and that Polish society should not be saddled with the blame.
Organized by Christian groups, several hundred people marched in Poland in support of the Jewish state and against anti-Semitism. It was the largest pro-Israel demonstration the Israeli ambassador has ever seen.
The Anti-Defamation League, a New York-based Jewish rights group, has called on Poland's new prime minister to reconsider the appointment of the country's new defense minister unless he publicly recants an anti-Jewish remark from 13 years ago.
Museum staff at the former Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi concentration camp in Poland placed mist showers at the entrance in an attempt to alleviate visitors' discomfort from the summer heat, but their goodwill was perceived by some as offensive.
PA Chair Mahmoud Abbas continues his diplomatic war against Israel with a call to boycott Israeli goods. PM Benjamin Netanyahu accuses him of Nazi-like conduct.
The city of Olkusz in southern Poland has decided to set up security at its Jewish cemetery and build a high wall around the site following vandalism and anti-Semitic graffiti that defaced headstones.
The relationship between Poland and Israel is unusual in that it is not defined only by economic and military agreements, but also by cultural and personal ties.
The world collectively paused to honor International Holocaust Remembrance Day, but shocking questions over the relevance of the Holocaust today make the challenge of spreading awareness even more important.