michelle: many jews no longer feel welcome in poland.ingly, this is the same sentiment many had when during communism polish jews were persecuted and marginalized. exactly 50 years ago, this led to thousands emigrating. this anniversary now coincides with a controversial new holocaust law in poland. one that jewish organizations complain has caused a rise in anti-semitism. >> michael schudrich is poland's chief rabbi. born in new york, he's called warsaw home for close to three decades. he's helped to rebuild poland's jewish community following the fall of communism, especially in the capital. warsaw's synagogue was desecrated by the germans during the holocaust. during the communist era, the jewish community here kept a low profile. today, they're proud that the community's thriving again. but few will discuss this renaissance on camera for fear of an anti-semitic backlash. >> we're in a new situation. we're hearing things we haven't heard since 1968. exactly 50 years. >> like what? >> there's no place for you in poland. i'll help you g

there is no place for you in poland i'll have to go to israel. and you see the characters and they've been in some cases nothing physical. fifty years ago in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight thousands of jews including many holocaust survivors left poland as the result of an antique zionist campaign by the communist regime. but journalists constantly gave out stayed he was one of the few practicing jews in communist poland. his son arrives for a visit these two men represent two generations of jewish life in warsaw they both accuse poland's right wing populist government of not doing enough to combat anti semitism the right wing nationalist publications claim poland is under attack by jews and britain now because. the new polish. hasbro matters to a bawley point but this is it exists that throughout modern. and which has existed even under communism and really emerged after the fall of communism poland's new holocaust law took effect this month it's now a criminal offense to suggest poland was complicit in the extermination of jews during th

otherwise the rabbi fears there could be another mass exodus of jews from poland.back in two thousand and ten iceland was reeling from a catastrophic banking crisis and the eruption of a volcano that disrupted flights across europe thanks to a national airline with a generous start over policy and the popularity of a certain television programme filmed there the resulting explosion in tourism save the country's economy but such benefits are not without their pitfalls tours often find themselves in trouble when exploring its dramatic landscape and have to be rescued and that's where iceland's volunteer mountain rescue service come in. the lawn the munna loud young mountain range in southwestern iceland is covered in snow. it's a blustery minus seven degrees celsius and for many today it's their first time skiing here. this group is on their way to a cabin on a high plateau today's their first day of search and rescue training over the next eighteen months these twenty four volunteers will learn how to respond to mountain emergencies. because the fate of the training

despite the nazi and soviet campaign to wipe out poland's most educated and accomplished and indeed poland's history, poland resisted with the largest downground resistance. poland never surrendered nor did it surrender to nazi or communist -- with bullets to the back of their heads, killed ver 12,000 polish leaders from its military, civil society, their educational community and heir religious leadership. 1945 brought allied liberation to a war-torn europe but not to poland which fell under the soviet yoke, repressed and ocked -- yolk, repressed and blocked. even denied a true representation of its war-time heroism, tragedy and terror. but in 1989 after 43 years of increasing resistance to occupation inside poland, its fierce love of liberty spilled over into successful resistance and massive electoral victory won by the labor movement that yielded ultimate liberty for poland. this was the first wave of major popular across the soviet block that resulted in the berlin wall's collapse in 1989, the wall that divided liberty rom tyranny and ultimately communism's demise. poland has achieved a

poland is now in the dock.ernment stands accused of threatening the independence of the judiciary by greatly increasing its control of the courts. this has led the european commission to trigger an unprecedented article 7 proceeding against warsaw. if poland fails to back down by next tuesday, that's march 20th, it could ultimately lose its eu voting rights. there are also widespread concerns that the authoritarian policies of the ruling law and justice party are threatening liberal democracy by attacking the media, curbing civil rights and encouraging cultural and religious intolerance. mike thomson's been to warsaw to find out more about poland's creeping authoritarianism. we should get back to our tradition. we do not need to learn from the west. this is against the mainstream, against the elite. it's the right direction. we are very much afraid. we are closing our society, just to our nation, and that's not good. the world is multinational. ever since russian forces left 25 years ago, poland has faced an id

be a tense visit relations between berlin and warsaw have been chilly since poland's law and justice party came to power in twenty fifteen but there are also signs of a thaw for example on friday the new german foreign minister heikal moss called on poland to take its place as one of the european union's leading decision makers mosse told warsaw officials that eastern e.u. states should take a leading role in brussels most also called for the reintroduction of the so-called weimar triangle a policy forum created by the foreign ministers of germany france and poland in one thousand nine hundred eighty one. and for more i have joining me here in the studio is veronica pryce mayor koch a eastern europe specialist at the european academy in berlin thanks for being with us. we just saw there foreign minister heikal ma seems to have been laying the groundwork at least for chancellor merkel's visit do you think that you know we could see a revival here of the weimar triangle and what would that mean i mean at least we are trying to to to really make a good try again in some form of negotiat

in poland a new law that makes it a crime to blame the country for aiding in the holocaust has taken effect that's led to a major diplomatic standoff with israel polish and israeli officials met thursday in jerusalem to discuss a wall it imposes joelson is of up to three years first adjusting polish complicity in nazi crimes the wall has been widely condemned abroad especially in israel where many say it is meant to repress debate and the risks are. for more on this now we want to go to read by marvin here he is head of the simon visa told center in los angeles rabbi here is good to have you on the show tell me what do you think about this law taking effect today. well first of all we are critics of the law and with critics the way they are interpret ing. the second world war history was you may know the simon wiesenthal center just. presented we had in our archive a state department docket written by the state department one nine hundred forty six state the pa document clearly tells the world why jews are so disappointed in what recently out because that document state that bought a

you know poland and its people well you speak polish and did your ph d. about the polish philosopher leisure call a coffee what's your take. are the catholic poles heartless because they refused to accept a single muslim refugee. and absolutely not poland is a good example of a country where you cannot equate government with society but the government has a two thirds majority. yes and there are still about eleven major polish cities whose mayors openly say that they want to take in refugees. the president of the catholic bishops conference has called the country's behavior towards refugees unacceptable. a dominican clergyman the government and this catholic manipulation of raju maria is destroying christianity in poland. poland is a pluralistic society like many others and europe has to support those who want to take in refugees in a direct and intelligent manner. the law and justice party has a majority because they distribute social benefits for one thing but polls give the majority support on refugees. yes because they now have a monopoly and there ar

poland is traditionally one of the first countries german chancellor's visit after being sworn in and i'm sticking to that tradition talks with the polish counterpart come at a time of frosty relations between the two countries there are deep disagreements between berlin and war so but after today's talks both sides were keen to underline what they have in common. we value the economic cooperation between our two countries highly it's x. employee turnover exceeds one hundred billion euros. this is very important to me the german government as a whole wants to foster and strengthen our neighborly ties merkel also made polish president done to do a visit comes just a day before poland has to officially respond to ease you criticism of its judicial reforms another issue separating the two sides the north stream to pipeline and knowing direct gas deliveries from russia to germany by bypassing eastern european countries poland fears being cut off from russian gas machall made no comment on the issue preferring instead to focus on the need to have poland as a strong partner within the e.u.

brent: in poland, a that makes it a crime to blame the country for eating the holocaust has taken effectat has led to a major diplomatic standoff with israel. polish and israeli officials met thursday in jerusalem to discuss the new law. it imposes punishes up to three years fosuggesting polish complicity in not see crimes -- complicity in nazi crimes. many state is meant to suppress debate and research. for more on this now we want to go to rabbi marvin hier, head of the simon wiesenthal center in los angeles. l me, what do you think about this law taking effect today? -- tell me, what do you think about this taking effect today? >> we are critics of this law. and we are critics of theay they are reinterpreting history. as you know, simon wiesenthal just presented, we had in our archive's state department document, written by the state department in 1946. the state department document clearly tells the world wide jews -- why jews are so persecuted. that document from the state department says anti-semitism was prevalent in poland before the war, during the war and after the war. it has

is that how you see it from poland's point of view?hat we have got now the nato troops led by american soldiers of poland. we have very good relations in the area of defence cooperation and now we want to foster our economic relations with the united states. so i think that comparison of trump and putin is not really relevant. i must ask you finally about the relationship between britain and poland, 1 million polish people live in the uk, you must be encouraged by the agreement signed in brussels today that will assure their rights post brexit. it is very good news for both polish citizens in the uk but also british citizens. do you think brexit deal can be done? yes, i'm much more optimistic after the end of the last year, when the compromise was made and also by today's agreement, so i'm much more optimistic than i was a year ago. significant moment. minister, thank you for coming. my pleasure. today president trump rolled out his long awaited plan to tackle the nation's growing opioid crises. drug overdoses have become leading cause

because that document state that pot and sets and the senate is was prevalent in poland before the law during the war and after the war it has nothing to do with communism nobody the jewish community says that the concentration camps were polish concentration camps they were nazi concentration camps in poland all right but nobody believes that and the seventh is as the polish lead is now present it was a small problem in poland on the contrary it was a prolific problem rabbi here if i could i've got that document you talking about my been looking through it and there's been what's written about that document the jerusalem post for example says that the report says that polish jews were so worried by the post-war anti-semitism in poland that many were even fleeing to germany now that says a lot right there do you think the wall that was passed in with into effect today is it an attempt by the polish government to read write history yes i believe so because all they had to say was as follows. we object to anyone calling auschwitz and the other camps polish camps when they were nazi germa

press conference for example when she was asked on this most controversial issue of rule of law in poland she has said something like well i hope that brussel we'll tell us soon dot there is some good development in that case the other important issue and she was asked if we should if the next budget of the european union should have some. impact or the fact if countries are. dealing with rule of law should this have some impact on the. on the next budget of the european union she said something like well these budget is complicated enough so let's not talk about that and we know that the polish prime minister has indicated that war so we might be prepared to make some concessions over these controversial judicial reform health serious are the signals would you say. i don't really expect a war so to take any step back on this issue well has been. criticised through the european union for months now and it didn't really take any step back will polish prime minister said today he sees some light at the end of the tunnel but i guess polish government is only trying to wean some time for exam

funding has helped make poland less dependent on russia. for influence your most recent torchlight was lol and has always felt sandwiched between germany and russia over the course of history of the two powers have repeatedly divided poland up between them there is a real fear within polish the. hardly and among the elite that this project will again be something enacted at the expense but of cost and poor and skied former polish prime minister yes he buzek is now a member of the european parliament like most polish politicians he wants to of that what he sees as the threat of a german russian energy had yemeni. seen here discussing the north stream to project with a group of bloggers is head of the parliamentary energy committee and is determined to fight the proposed new pipeline. two weeks before the election. discussion in parliament. two three twenty five cards. could defend. into saying no. no. no no soon too. it is too costly politically. to see commercial costs and problems is one side. of the political costs these are. very importa

debate rages in poland after the fall there of the country's probably minister. during the second world war the page. around the clock across the world this is our international from the team and myself you know neil welcome to the program our top story britain's defense ministry has been caught up in the scandal surrounding cambridge. the company accused of collecting personal data from millions of facebook members and then exploiting it for political goals it's been revealed that the ministry paid cambridge analytic is parent company s c l a group for what's being described as human and social influence work on top of the firm was reportedly granted access to secret government documents it's also said to have carried out research to see how people would interact with certain government messaging picking up the story. cambridge on the ticket is seemingly everywhere apart from helping the campaign to victory by using information harvested from millions of facebook profiles it turns out the company's services have been used by the british government to cambridge o

because i've never been to poland myself i want to travel there and look around. the city lots of cool. culture train made its debut in twenty sixteen stint as european capital of culture in two thousand and seventeen the train was named european trend brand of the year brighter of both common likes to hold readings on it is us who can see on this train isn't just a means of transport like other trains you don't board it just to get from one city to another but to get psyched up for the city you're headed to. arriving in boats love visitors can find traces of the city's history as the former german city of breslau. has only been a polish city since the end of world war two both common has written a novel based on the city's history. from one field until one thousand nine hundred five votes life was exclusively a german city from one thousand nine hundred sixty the ninety's it was almost exclusively a polish city. it's only been in the past few years that a consciousness has taken shape that it's a city with german and polish history and it can be thought of as a p

s from poland's ruling party. this latest considered another example of the battle between hard line conservatives the more liberal elements and produce. society anti abortion campaigners say a change to the current law would save lives i am deeply shocked that. anyone could . go out to the streets and promote the right to kill the weak and most harmless people you can imagine so the disabled children in the arms of her of their mothers un human rights experts are calling on the polish government to reject the bill campaigners on both sides to ply tom and he would al-jazeera rescuers in western australia are scouring beaches and sea to try to ensure five pilot whales don't get stranded again the whales were part of a pod of more than one hundred fifty which beached themselves at hamilton bay on friday well that initially survived had to be euthanized after it stranded itself again bulldozers are being used to remove carcasses from the beach the chances of restraining his heart and certainly does animals. in and. s

because i've never been to poland myself i want to travel there and look around. culture train made its debut in twenty sixteen stint as european capital of culture in two thousand and seventeen the train was named european trend brand of the year brighter of both common likes to hold readings on it the sense we could see on this train isn't just a means of transport like other trains that you don't board it just to get from one city to another but to get psyched up for the city you're headed to. arriving in boats love visitors can find traces of the city's history as the former german city of breslau. has only been a polish city since the end of world war two both common has written a novel based on the city's history. from one field until one thousand nine hundred five votes life was exclusively a german city of that from one thousand nine hundred sixty the ninety's it was almost exclusively a polish city. it's only been in the past few years that a consciousness has taken shape that it's a city with german and polish history and it can be thought of as a place

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until now poland the baltic states and slovakia have been obtaining their. russian natural gas through above ground pipelines. north stream too could make germany a central point of distribution for gas transported via the baltic sea pipeline for western europe. countries in eastern europe would then lose a proportion of their gas transit fees. but that's not their only wearing. eastern european governments also fear that north stream too could give rise to a german russian energy alliance that would leave their own countries out of the geopolitical loop poland is especially wary for germany's neighbor the project awakens only the anxieties. poland is keen to gain independence from russian gas which currently supplies nearly half its needs. in twenty fifteen poland opened a liquefied natural gas terminal at the baltic port of shri knowing. the project which received millions of eurasian e.u. funding has helped make poland less dependent on russia. for influence your motivation. has always felt sandwiched between germany and russia over the course of history

time is a very hard right now for journalists in poland. having a holiday home on a beautiful island is a dream for many people but for some owners and new yorker it's become a nightmare squatters are blighting the balearic island and getting them out is often slow and costly squatting has become more common in spain since the financial crisis due to the rise in poverty but some of the so-called occupiers in new york or are simply doing it not out of desperate need but because they can. normally anyone with a holiday home on the ballet erik island of majorca is the envy of their friends but many of these owners are currently faced with an unenviable problem squatter's no one here as. it's officer carlos job to track them down here he's checking on a community north of the capital palma. this is a newer housing development comprised of detached or semi detached homes this would hear a number twenty four is a squatted house you can see it's a large single family home. as you know when a family out and. most of the squatters are here tanos say

the pentagon constantly was telling russia that all these in these anti-missile defense systems in poland and remain were many they have nothing to do with you it's all directed against iran and then when the deal is signed they actually admit to that well we still have to keep them there is it because of russia well yes because ok i mean this is the kind of relations and partnership russia has with nato you can't believe what they say ok or they talk out of both sides of the mouth at the same time with russia would putin did exactly what he promises has promised the russian people that a war will never be fought on this country soil ever again and he's making sure that happens go ahead mary. well i think that there is a perpetual problem between russia and nato as to who is on defense and who is on oftens and who acted first and we saw this most graphically and most recently with ukraine but we've seen it all before with the expansion of nato and we've seen it since ukraine with the strengthening of the nato presence in the border states in the in the baltic states in poland where it sai

the pentagon constantly was telling russia that all these in these anti-missile defense systems in poland and remain were many they have nothing to do with you it's all directed against iran and then when the deal is signed they actually admit to that well we still have to keep them there is it because of russia well yes because ok i mean this is the kind of relations and partnership russia has with nato you can't believe what they say ok or they talk out of both sides of the mouth at the same time with russia did with putin did exactly what he promises his promise the russian people that a war will never be fought on this country soil ever again and he's making sure that happens go ahead mary. well i think that there is a perpetual problem between russia and nato as to who is on defense and who is on oftentimes and who acted first and we saw this most graphically and most recently with ukraine but we've seen it all before with the expansion of nato and we've seen it since ukraine with the strengthening of the nato presence in the border states in the in the baltic states in poland where

but still to come a pair of design saugus is sparking outrage in poland we'll cover that and more in a moment. if anyone thinks about that for the sake of joining the european union serbia would recognize kosovo under the conditions that they impose right now and not on the basis of what the dialogue compromise very wrong once a compromise but the solution proposed by cost of oil is not the real solution. most people think this is this you need to be the first one on top of the story or the person with the loudest voice of the biggest greed in truth to stand. you just the right questions and demand the right answer. question. just on a twenty pounds u.s. government overspend by one point two trillion dollars last year that's according to us treasury that is roughly the size of the economy of australia or spain but for many the problem isn't in fact the overspend it's what the overspend was on. it's the biggest economy in the world and boiling faster than anyone else is and things will only get better at least that's what the new federal reserve chairman says the u.s. economy grew at

well the issue of the holocaust there again became headline news in poland after a new law was adopted there last month it made it illegal to accuse the nation of complicity in the atrocity and perhaps at the use of the phrase polish death camp we spoke to professor israel charlie from the institute for holocaust and genocide i'm going to have the opportunity to make at least one pro polish position statement and then is that the concentration camps in poland i agree they should not be called the polish concentration camps they were nazi concentration camps in poland but beyond that. the insistence on the creation of a law that is it is illegal to discuss what the poles did in the holocaust is an insult to humanity. the poem's did. many things on both sides of the fence all of the truth should be brought. the b.b.c. is under fire for its alleged bias against opposition leader jeremy corbin viewers claim the channel is deliberately trying to portray the u.k. labor party head as to russian picking up the story unless to see a church. take a look at this image that the b.b.c. used in one

also you still ahead this hour a pair of socks covering the face of hitler has sparked outrage in poland we'll tell you who put their foot in it just after the break. a party divided in with out a clear message democrats face a fundamental dilemma move to the left and reach out to the grassroots and in the process alienated donor base to continue business as usual democrats fired up losing. welcome back now fashion can be controversial at the best of times but add politics to the mix and someone is going to be upset as happened in poland recently. thank. you. i. thank you. thank. god. but in a separate case poland's jewish association has accused a catholic priest of spreading hate after he claimed on a t.v. show that jews have their own version of the truth for us the truth corresponds to fights for the jews truth means something that confirms their understanding of what's been official if a jew is religious than truth means something god wants for circular jews the truth is subjective or whatever serves israel's interests and union of jewish communities in poland wrote a letter to the

debate over the history of the holocaust as we just boiling point in poland the father of the current prime minister who is a former politician himself has sparked controversy with recent remarks do you know who chased the jews away to the warsaw ghetto the germans you think know the jews themselves when because they were told they would be an enclave that they would not have to deal with those nasty poles the polish government was quick to distance itself from the comments by the interview with flounder in israel and by polls as well with many saying that such comments are offensive to the memory of those who died at the hands of the nazis. the issue of the holocaust was again focused on in poland after a new law was adopted that last month and made it illegal to accuse the nation of complicity in the city and prohibited the use of the phrase polish death camp we spoke to professor israel charny from the institute for holocaust and genocide. i'm going to have the opportunity to make at least one prole polish position statement. is that the concentration camps in poland i agree they s

visit comes just a day before poland has to officially respond to e.u. criticism of its judicial reforms another issue separating the two sides the north stream to pipeline and knowing direct gas deliveries from russia to germany by bypassing eastern european countries poland fears being cut off from russian gas macula made no comment on the issue preferring instead to focus on the need to have poland as a strong partner within the e.u. . is it what you want to give them the global situation we all understand that we can only make our voices heard if we form a strong alliance and raise our concerns together on the world stage. and this requires a certain sensitivity towards our respective sensibilities. visitors a first step towards better relations between the two neighbors but many more will be needed. for you know just a quick reminder the top story we're following for you here today on the news weapons inspectors have begun allies in the talks in use to poison a former russian spy and his daughter in the city of salzburg and says russia hits back at

in poland today visiting but while she was there we heard from the polish foreign minister the deputy foreign minister i beg your pardon who said this well he dismissed the election in fact said that the nine billion euro nord stream to gas line but pipeline should be shut down that that should have sanctions placed upon it elsewhere in the e.u. we heard more dissenting voices more criticism coming from a number of states that were basically headed up by the international. high representative for foreign affairs of the e.u. federica marker really saying that they would not recognize the vote that took place in crimea they were also backed by canada and norway as well but with those giving more and more supportive messages that certainly came from italy where. the italian president came out in congress. president putin while in france. came out and he said that yes he wished to be a putin every success but that he wanted and urged the russian president to do what he could to try and bring about a solution to the ongoing saga around this point the poisoning and tempted murder of an atte