History of the Jews in Poland
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The history of the Jews in Poland dates back over a millennium. For centuries, Poland was home to the largest and most significant Jewish community in the world. Poland was the centre of Jewish culture thanks to a long period of statutory religious tolerance and social autonomy. This ended with the Partitions of Poland which began in 1772, in particular, with the discrimination and persecution of Jews in the Russian Empire. During World War II there was a nearly complete genocidal destruction of the Polish Jewish community by Nazi Germany, during the 1939–1945 German occupation of Poland and the ensuing Holocaust. Since the fall of communism there has been a Jewish revival in Poland, characterized by the annual Jewish Culture Festival, new study programmes at Polish high schools and universities, the work of synagogues such as the Nozyk, and the Museum of the History of Polish Jews.
See also
- Timeline of Jewish Polish history
- List of Polish Jews
- Jewish history
- Jewish ethnic divisions
- Museum of the History of Polish Jews
- Three Hares
- Wooden synagogue
- Jewish-Ukrainian relations in Eastern Galicia
- Lauder – Morasha School
