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Film-maker Polanski relieved after court rejects U.S. extradition request in child sex case
Oscar-winning film-maker Roman Polanski said on Friday he was grateful and relieved after a Polish court rejected a U.S. request for his extradition over a 1977 child sex conviction.
Politics, Putin cast shadow over Auschwitz liberation anniversary
When they announced the ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Polish officials insisted that at this year’s event, “the eyes of the world will be focused” on about 300 Holocaust survivors whose presence Tuesday at the former Nazi death camp near Krakow may be the last gathering of its sort.
Survivors gather for historic anniversary at Auschwitz
Holocaust survivors gathered in Krakow on the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz amid unease regarding the safety of Jews in Europe.
Making cookies … And a difference
Left destitute overnight when the Nazis confiscated his life savings in 1941, Ben Lesser’s father, Lazar, used a 100-pound bag of flour and some salt — a housewarming gift from a friend — to bake pretzels for the local bars in Niepolomice in southern Poland.
March recalls liquidation of Krakow ghetto
Some 400 people made a remembrance march in Krakow to mark the 70th anniversary of the liquidation of the Polish city\’s Jewish ghetto.