The World War II extermination of Europe's Jews by Nazi Germany began after the invasion of Poland in 1939 and increased in scale with the creation of death camps.

The Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, which was liberated 80 years ago, is an enduring symbol of the Holocaust. Part of ...

The Nazis were viewed as a transitory evil. Until they were defeated, Jews in the Polish ghettos had to “play for time,” in order to maintain their community and ensure minimal harm.

The Polish foreign ministry on Friday condemned "an act of vandalism" after a monument to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was sprayed with paint, an incident that drew protest from the Israeli ambassador.

The Umschlagplatz monument is only the latest Holocaust memorial to recently be defaced in the Polish capital.

“These smaller ghettos, representing the majority of Polish Jewish communities, remain understudied, despite their significant role in understanding Polish Jewry during the Holocaust.

German forces occupied Poland at the start of World War II and set up a system of ghettos and death camps where they killed millions of Jews and others. There had been reports suggesting that the ...