On this Day, in 1945: “Swedish Schindler” Raoul Wallenberg was arrested in Budapest
On January 17, 1945, during the Siege of Budapest by the Red Army, Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who saved thousandsContinue Reading
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On January 17, 1945, during the Siege of Budapest by the Red Army, Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who saved thousandsContinue Reading
On December 16, 1922, five days after taking office, the first president of the Republic of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz wasContinue Reading
On December 10, 1942, the Polish government-in-exile sent an official diplomatic note, signed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Raczynski,Continue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – A top Hungarian cultural official has sparked outrage and is facing calls to resign after comparing Hungarian-bornContinue Reading
Warsaw, Poland – In a report issued Wednesday, the U.S. State Department called out Poland, as well as a numberContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – Although the number of registered anti-Semitic acts doubled last year, the Czech Republic remains a safeContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – Government plans to hold a national consultation gauging citizens’ views on nine questions concerning, among others, segregationContinue Reading
In the canon of modern football outside of Austria, Matthias Sindelar, voted Austria’s greatest ever football player in 2004, doesContinue Reading
Warsaw, Poland – Israeli Holocaust memorial centre Yad Vashem apologized earlier this week for “errors” and “inaccuracies” shown on aContinue Reading
Bratislava, Slovakia – Žilina Police announced on Facebook that the culprits behind the desecration of gravestones in the Slovak JewishContinue Reading
Bratislava, Slovakia – Tombstones at a Jewish cemetery in Slovakia were vandalized for the second time this month. Nearly twoContinue Reading
Bratislava, Slovakia – Dozens of gravestones were desecrated in a Jewish cemetery in northern Slovakia, local authorities announced earlier thisContinue Reading
Michał Bilewicz has now been waiting for more than a year for Polish President Andrzej Duda to officially approve hisContinue Reading
Like every Sunday, check out our KafkaDigest weekly press roundup of the best pieces and most insightful articles on CentralContinue Reading
Warsaw, Poland – The latest global survey conducted by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), an international Jewish non-governmental organisation based inContinue Reading