In laws, rhetoric and acts of violence, Europe is rewriting dark chapters of its past
In Poland, the president signs a law criminalizing anyone who dares suggest that the country’s citizens helped perpetrate crimes of the...
Griff Witte
Feb 19, 2018
Rewriting History in Eastern Europe
Last week, Polish President Andrzej Duda signed a controversial law criminalizing statements that attribute responsibility for the...
Foreign Affairs
Feb 14, 2018
Poland to outlaw references to 'Polish death camps' in Holocaust bill
By Judith Vonberg Poland's senate has approved a controversial bill that makes it illegal to accuse the nation of complicity in crimes...
CNN 1
Feb 2, 2018
'Polish death camp' and lies about WWII is also Holocaust denial: Polish PM
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said the Holocaust was an unimaginable crime and “attempts to negate it should always be condemned”. He...
Poland Radio
Feb 2, 2018
Poland’s Senate passes Holocaust complicity bill despite concerns from U.S., Israel
What will be the impact of the law? Once it is signed by the president, anyone convicted under the law could face fines or up to three...
Washington Post
Feb 1, 2018
Opinion: How the Holocaust Haunts Eastern Europe
By Lev Golinkin One of my big shocks upon arriving in America from Ukraine in the 1980s was learning that the United States had museums...
New York Times 1
Jan 26, 2018
"Pray for an Islamic Holocaust’: Tens of thousands from Europe’s far right march in Poland
By Avi Selk The official celebration of Poland’s 99th independence day proceeded innocuously, with ceremonies in the capital. There was...
Washington Post
Nov 12, 2017
Hungarian Government Stoops to New Low with Hate Campaign
Everywhere you turn in Budapest these days, there are posters and billboards portraying a grinning George Soros, the Hungarian-born...
Human Rights Watch
Jul 12, 2017
Sisters of Social Service of Budapest was declared House of Life
On 26 April the Society of Social Sister of Budapest (SSS) was declared “House of Life” by the Raoul Wallenberg Foundation. The Sisters...
Raoul Wallenberg Foundation
Apr 28, 2017
Genocide’s Legacy: Preserving Auschwitz
OSWIECIM, Poland — To visit Auschwitz is to find an unfathomable but strangely familiar place. After so many photographs and movies,...
New York Times 1
Apr 26, 2017
A dangerous 'game': the pushback of migrants, including refugees, at Europe’s borders
People who are trying to access the EU in search of safety and dignity are being routinely abused by law enforcement officials in...
Oxfam; Belgrade Centre for Human Rights;
Apr 5, 2017
Refugees from Chechnya unsuccessfully seek refuge in Poland
Attorneys refused access to their refugee clients’ interviews with the Border Guard. Photo: Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights On a...
Euronews
Mar 31, 2017
