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Far-right MP Konrad Berkowicz displays Israel flag bearing swastika during Holocaust Remembrance Day parliamentary debate

The European Jewish Congress condemned the act as a clear example of Holocaust inversion, distorting the memory of the Shoah and trivialising its victims.

EU Parliament strips Polish far-right MEP Grzegorz Braun of immunity to face Holocaust denial charge

Braun, who is already separately on trial for attacking a Hanukkah ceremony, will now face prosecution for his claim that the gas chambers at Auschwitz are “fake” as well as for various antisemitic incidents.

Trial of Polish far-right leader for attacking Jewish celebration in parliament begins

Braun, who has a long history of promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories, declared in court that he was facing trial because he had “dared to defend myself against Jewish supremacy”.

Far-right MP Grzegorz Braun sparks outrage with antisemitic speech outside the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp

Amid news of the Polish government’s plans to adopt a resolution combating antisemitism, Braun declared: “Jews want to be super-humans in Poland, entitled to a better status, and the Polish police dance to their tune.”

Event in Września honouring renowned local Jewish composer Louis Lewandowski cancelled following far-right antisemitic backlash

The event has been cancelled after organisers said they received a “wave of hate and threats from antisemitic organisations”, stoked by far-right leader and member of the European Parliament Grzegorz Braun.

Michael Smuss, last surviving Warsaw Ghetto Uprising fighter, dies at 99

Michael Smuss, who fought Nazi soldiers with Molotov cocktails during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of World War II and became a painter after the war to process his trauma, has died.
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