US EditionPoland’s foreign minister summons Israeli ambassador over Yad Vashem post
Poland's foreign minister demanded Yad Vashem clarify its post to include German occupation context amid sensitivities over Holocaust historical narratives.
- On Monday, Poland's foreign minister Radosław Sikorski summoned the Israeli ambassador to Poland in Warsaw over an unamended social-media post by Yad Vashem about wartime badges.
- For years, Poland has disputed wording that might attribute Nazi crimes to Poland, with Prime Minister Donald Tusk and the Polish government across the ideological spectrum joining criticism of Yad Vashem's language.
- Yad Vashem tweeted that Poland was the first country where Jews were forced to wear a distinctive yellow badge and Dani Dayan soon clarified the order came from German authorities.
- Diplomatic strains deepened as Poland's foreign ministry summoned the Israeli ambassador, signaling escalation over Poland's wartime role, while U.S. Ambassador Thomas Rose denounced claims of Polish complicity as poisoning relations.
- The episode echoes that more than three million of Poland's 3.2 million Jews were killed during the Holocaust, amid past moves limiting claims of national responsibility and the president elected earlier this year.
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Poland Summons Israeli Ambassador Over Yad Vashem Post
Visitors tour an exhibition, ahead of Israel’s national Holocaust memorial day at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, in Jerusalem, April 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun Poland summoned Israel’s ambassador on Monday over a tweet from a Holocaust memorial institute that Warsaw said did not make clear that occupying Nazi German forces, and not Polish authorities, made Jews wear star badges during World War II. Foreign Ministe…
A contribution by an Israeli memorial states that Poland was the first country where Jews had to wear a badge – without reference to the German occupation
Warsaw blames the Israeli memorial for imputing to Poland the imposition of the yellow star on the Jews of the country in 1939, without specifying that at that time the country was occupied by Nazi Germany.
Poland's Foreign Minister Summons Israeli Ambassador Over Yad Vashem Post
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s foreign minister said Monday that he was summoning the Israeli ambassador over a post by Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial institution. Join our WhatsApp group Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email Yad Vashem wrote on X on Sunday that “Poland was the first country where Jews were forced to wear […]
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