The POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews and the National Institute of Cultural Heritage are in the process of unveiling markers with QR codes at five Jewish cemeteries in Poland. So far, dedication ceremonies have been held at Jewish … continue reading →
(JHE) — The night of November 9-10 marks the 82nd anniversary of Reichspogrom night — the so-called Kristallnacht pogrom — in 1938, when the Nazis launched coordinated violent attacks on Jews, Jewish property, and Jewish places of worship all over … continue reading →
January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945, is marked in many countries as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is an occasion for commemorative ceremonies, educational programs, and other initiatives. Monuments and memorials are also dedicated or … continue reading →
A record number of people from around the world visited the former Nazi camps at Auschwitz and Birkenau in 2019. A report on the Auschwitz.org web site said 2,320,000 people visited the sites, located in southern Poland and administered as … continue reading →
In Oświęcim, the town in southern Poland where the Nazis built the Auschwitz death camp, a memorial park has been opened on the site of the destroyed Great Synagogue to honor the town’s once-thriving pre-WW2 Jewish community. The Great Synagogue … continue reading →
