Holocaust
Jozef Walaszczyk hired 30 Jews to work at a potato-flour factory and kept them alive by bribing a German official.
“Wine with Adam” with Adam Scott Bellos and guests Einat Wilf and Adi Schwartz
Officials described the series of raids in towns near Quebec as a “national security operation.”
Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz said the armed guards, the exclusive focus on the Holocaust and no contact with Polish students were giving Israelis a “negative image” of Poland.
The tombstones were found during renovations in the area; historians and Catholic priests are asking the landowners to stop construction.
The decision comes after Poland demands changes to educational content, and disagreement over security arrangements.
The Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle and its Jewish Community Relations Council issued a statement saying it has been working with the city of Kent since January to address the situation.
The new 10,000-square-foot museum is geared to inspire visitors to contemplate the Holocaust while connecting with contemporary anti-Semitism, racism, current world events and life in Canada.
Along with Holocaust education, it can help people “understand the persistent threat of genocide around the world,” says Paul Glassman, director of scholarly and cultural resources at Yeshiva University.
During the rare private audience, the two talked about “the importance of Holocaust research and remembrance in the Christian world,” according to a statement released by Yad Vashem.
Alex Davies, 27, of Swansea, South Wales, was convicted of being a co-founder and member of National Action, a neo-Nazi group that was outlawed in December 2016.
Boris Pahor was arrested by the Nazis in 1944 and deported to Dachau, which he survived along with four other concentration camps.
