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Grzegorz Braun, pictured, centre; Twitter/X
November 28, 2025, 1:55 pm
Far right Polish MEP compares Jews to Hannibal Lecter in speech outside Auschwitz
Politician Grzegorz Braun’s comments branded ‘shameful’ by the country’s justice minister
By Michelle Rosenberg
The Auschwitz Jewish Centre in Oswiecim, Poland. Photo Credit: The Auschwitz Jewish Centre.
April 7, 2025, 10:40 am
80 years after Auschwitz, kosher food will be sold in Oświęcim
The Auschwitz Jewish Centre is now selling packaged kosher food, in a move both practical and symbolic
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
Hila Weisz-Gut, 34, an Israeli researcher in Holocaust studies. Screenshot: Twitter/X
January 28, 2025, 10:39 am
The only Jew in Oświęcim, Poland, can see Auschwitz from her bedroom window
Hila Weisz-Gut’s grandmother survived Auschwitz. In 2023, Weisz-Gut moved to the town where the concentration camp is located
By Philissa Cramer (JTA)
Melissa Rein Lively and a QAnon flag
February 26, 2021, 4:39 pm
Meet the Jewish woman who escaped QAnon after it ‘consumed her life’
Exclusive: One woman reveals how she had a breakdown and almost lost her marriage when she was sucked into believing right-wing conspiracy theories
By Alex Galbinski
Auschwitz's infamous train tracks and death gate
October 17, 2018, 6:56 pm
Israeli teen who urinated on memorial at Auschwitz ordered to pay fine
Youth who desecrated site near ruins of crematoria is ordered to pay £1,000 fine after local court made judgement this week
Auschwitz's infamous train tracks and death gate
January 18, 2018, 3:24 pm
Protesters who killed sheep and stripped naked at Auschwitz found guilty of desecration
A dozen demonstrators including five Belarusians, six Poles and one German receive fines and jail time for their stunt at the former Nazi death camp
By JTA
The entrance gates to Auschwitz I, (Photo credit: Jemma Crew/PA Wire)
June 15, 2017, 11:08 am
Polish PM criticised for migrant comments at Auschwitz ceremony
Beata Szydlo makes controversial comment at the former Nazi camp, appearing to defend her anti-immigrant policies
The infamous gates of Auschwitz
March 24, 2017, 10:34 pm
Nude protesters kill sheep, chain selves by infamous Auschwitz gate
A group of 11 people detained after chaining themselves to 'Arbeit Macht Frei' sign at entrance of notorious Nazi death camp
Pope Francis entering Auschwitz I camp through 'Arbeit macht frei' gate.
July 29, 2016, 9:23 am
Pope Francis pays sombre visit to Auschwitz
Catholic leader’s trip to the Nazi death camp saw him pray for victims and meet survivors
By Jewish News Reporter and JTA
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