Since the political turn events of 1989, a very distinct revival of Jewish culture has been taking place in Poland. Nowadays in the Land on the Vistula, there are a number ... A small, picturesque ...

(Excerpt from "The Path of the Righteous: Gentile Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust ... "It is clear as daylight that the Vistula [Poland's main river] country will be as German as the ...

In a remarkable find, the wreck of the legendary Polish naval ship Hetman Żółkiewski ... the ship was originally named Henryk and served as a river vessel on the Vistula, capable of carrying ...

Clergy at the beatification ceremony of the Ulma family, who were murdered by Nazis for sheltering Jews in Markowa in south-eastern Poland. A beatification Mass service has been held in Poland for ...

In the heart of the former Warsaw Ghetto, where Jews were killed and their neighborhood razed during World War II, a Jewish ...

Swedish troops occupied and pillaged large swaths of Poland until local resistance forced them out in 1660. The 17th century ship found in the Vistula River. Photo from the Triglav Exploration and ...

(RNS) — When you die, timing is everything. For example: If someone dies on Shabbat, that person might be a particularly righteous individual. That is what the Zohar, the cardinal work of Jewish ...

All of Warsaw's top attractions sit in the western half of the city (near the Vistula ... areas in Poland, have a dark past. In the 1930s, the area housed the bulk of Warsaw's Jewish population.

Situated on the Vistula river, it was the capital of Poland until 1596 and the ... The Old Synagogue is now part of the Historical Museum of Krakow and dedicated to the history of Polish Jews. The ...

A neighborhood that must be experienced to be understood, no trip to Kraków is complete without spending some time in Kazimierz, the historic Jewish ... along the Vistula River's south bank ...