Antisemitism in Poland
250 media-documented antisemitic events in Poland (2019–present): interactive map, yearly trends, official statistics and cited sources.
← All countries on the mapLocations are approximate (city level).Incidents shown: 0
Official count vs media coverage
Official statistics measure incidents; this archive measures how many events reached media and open databases. The gap shows how much stays under-covered.
Official annual figures
Poland
Several bodies count this country — a community monitor, the police, EU-wide reporting. They measure different things on different definitions; the bars share a scale but are not rival estimates of one number.
Antisemitic attitudes
How widespread antisemitic beliefs are in the wider population, from ADL's Global 100 opinion survey. This is not a count of incidents and cannot be compared with one — a country can hold few recorded incidents and widespread prejudice, or the reverse.
- change since 2014
- -5 pts
- worldwide
- 46%
Share of adults agreeing with a majority of 11 tested antisemitic stereotypes. Survey waves are years apart and country panels change between them. ADL Global 100: An Index of Antisemitism ↗
Media coverage by year
By category
Most affected cities
- Warsaw4
- Gdansk1
- Kalisz1
- Oswiecim1
Media-documented events
- Warsaw, PolandCurated entry
Far-right MEP Grzegorz Braun calls Auschwitz gas chambers 'fake'
Source: Notes from Poland ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A wall near a bus stop was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti, including a Star of David and anti-Semitic insults.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A wall of remembrance at a public cemetery was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti, including a Star of David, a swastika, and an inscription related to the conflict in the Middle East.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A Jewish man was attacked and subjected to anti-Semitic insults by a man who pulled at his bag and attempted to hit him in the stomach.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
Five Israeli Jews speaking Hebrew during a restaurant dinner were subjected to anti-Semitic threats by a man with neo-Nazi tattoos. The perpetrator approached the victims' table, mimicked throwing bottles at them, and made a shooting motion with a machine gun after loudly asking about their religion and stance on the conflict in the Middle East.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A female public figure of Jewish origin was subjected to anti-Semitic and misogynist death threats and insults on social media.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A male politician was subjected to anti-Semitic death threats and insults on social media.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A woman and her five daughters were physically assaulted and subjected to psychological and financial abuse by her former husband after he discovered that the victim's grandmother was Jewish.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A former synagogue building was vandalized with swastika graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A charity container was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
Several Jewish people were threatened by a group at a Jewish cemetery. The incident was prosecuted as a hate crime.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A street was vandalized with anti-Semitic and xenophobic graffiti targeting Ukrainians and depicting the Star of David.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A person was threatened with sexual violence against their underage daughter and repeatedly subjected to anti-Semitic, homophobic and misogynist insults online. The victim's personal data was also extracted from a social media chat.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
The stairwell near a Jewish woman's apartment door was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti depicting a crossed-out Star of David. This was one in a series of similar incidents.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A pavement was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
The street in front of a Jewish woman's house was vandalized with graffiti containing anti-Semitic insults. The woman's name had previously appeared on anti-Israeli stickers posted throughout public spaces in the city.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A public space was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti equating a swastika with a Star of David.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A pavement was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti equating the Star of David with a swastika.
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A street was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti depicting a crossed-out Star of David.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
Children and parents near a school bus were spat at and subjected to anti-Semitic insults due to their perceived Jewish identity.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
The building of a Jewish organization was vandalized with graffiti related to the conflict in the Middle East.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A Jewish burial site located within the municipal cemetery was set on fire, damaging the fence, gate lock, and the interior of the memorial site.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A street was vandalized with multiple anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli stickers that mentioned the name of a local Jewish woman and referenced the conflict in the Middle East.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
Staff at a Jewish community organization were threatened with death in an email containing anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli insults. The incident occurred two days after an arson attack on a synagogue.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A public square near a synagogue was vandalized with neo-Nazi symbols. The synagogue had been set on fire a few days earlier.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A mural on the wall of a zoo, depicting two Jewish persons hiding from bombs, was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A synagogue was targeted in an arson attack with the use of a Molotov cocktail.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A commemoration plaque at a Jewish cemetery was vandalized with red paint.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - Warsaw, PolandCurated entry
Nozyk Synagogue in Warsaw attacked with firebombs
Source: Times of Israel ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
The offices of a Jewish community organization was vandalized with graffiti referencing the conflict in the Middle East.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A commemorative plaque at a Jewish cemetery was smashed. The same plaque had been destroyed a year earlier.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A monument marking the site of a former Jewish cemetery was vandalized with Nazi symbols and a swastika.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A commemorative obelisk located on the site of a burned-down synagogue was vandalized with swastika graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A Jewish organization received a threatening email referencing the conflict in the Middle East.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A plaque at the Jewish cemetery was vandalized with red paint.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A bike path was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti equating the Star of David with a swastika.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A public space was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti, including references to the Holocaust and the conflict in the Middle East.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
Two tombstones at a Jewish cemetery were desecrated with swastika graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A Jewish cemetery was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A Jewish cemetery was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A woman was threatened with being punched in the face and subjected to anti-Semitic insults online.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A monument to a well-known Jewish woman, located at the memorial site of a former concentration camp, was vandalized and damaged using an excavator. The fence surrounding the monument and marking the Jewish cemetery was also damaged.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
The construction site of a metro line was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A Jewish couple’s front door was vandalized with Star of David graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A plaque commemorating a Jewish ghetto building was destroyed.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A rabbi was subjected to anti-Semitic death threats on social media.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A Jewish woman was threatened with death on social media. The incident occurred after the victim was attacked with a fire extinguisher during a Hanukkah ceremony in parliament. This was one in a series of incidents targeting the victim in relation to the attack in parliament.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A Jewish woman was threatened with violence and subjected to anti-Semitic insults on social media. The incident occurred after the victim was attacked with a fire extinguisher during a Hanukkah ceremony in parliament. This was one in a series of incidents targeting the victim in relation to the attack in parliament.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A law enforcement official was threatened with death in a post on social media containing anti-Semitic comments. The post was in relation to an attack on a Jewish woman during a Hanukkah ceremony in parliament.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
Members of Parliament were threatened with a bombing attack in an anti-Semitic social media post by a politician. The incident occurred a day after another Member of Parliament disrupted a Hanukkah ceremony in parliament and attacked a Jewish woman with a fire extinguisher. This was one in a series of anti-Semitic posts published by the perpetrator.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A Jewish woman was pushed and had a fire extinguisher sprayed in her face by a male politician during a Hannukah candle-lighting ceremony in parliament. The victim lost consciousness and was taken to hospital. Prior to the incident, the perpetrator uttered multiple anti-Semitic insults during his podium speech.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - Warsaw, PolandCurated entry
Far-right MP extinguishes Hanukkah menorah in Polish parliament
Source: JTA ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
An LGBTI community member was threatened and subjected to anti-LGBTI and anti-Semitic insults in a comment referring to his television appearance.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A Jewish woman was spat at while being subjected to anti-Semitic insults by a man in an underground passage.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A Jewish child was subjected to anti-Semitic threats by two classmates during a lesson on Jewish history and traditions.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A Jewish community centre received a phone call containing anti-Semitic death threats.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
Poland celebrates family beatification , including unborn child , for saving Jews
Source: cruxnow.com ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A rabbi was threatened in an email sent to a Jewish community office. The email was sent to several employees at the organization and was one in a series of threatening emails sent to multiple Jewish organizations.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A Jewish man was physically assaulted by a group who removed his kippah near a Jewish community office. A day before the incident the victim had been subjected to anti-Semitic insults by another group.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A Jewish community office received a message containing an anti-Semitic death threat.
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A rabbi, members of the Jewish community, and other participants of an event commemorating a pogrom targeting Jewish people were threatened when harassed and subjected to anti-Semitic insults by a group of far-right protesters. The perpetrators filmed the incident and shared the video on social media.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
Visitors and employees of a synagogue were threatened by a man who shouted anti-Semitic insults and refused to leave the area. The attacker had previously thrown a stone at the window of the synagogue.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A rabbi was threatened in an email sent to a Jewish community office. This was one in a series of threatening emails sent to multiple Jewish organizations.×3
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A rabbi was threatened in an email sent to a Jewish organization. This was one in a series of threatening emails sent to multiple Jewish organizations.
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Members of the Jewish community and people from Ukraine were threatened during a protest at which calls for their extermination were shouted alongside anti-Semitic and anti-Ukrainian insults.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - Warsaw, PolandCurated entry
Far-right MP violently disrupts Holocaust scholar's lecture in Warsaw
Source: JTA ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A male professor giving a lecture on the falsifications of Holocaust history was threatened by a male politician who approached the podium, grabbed the microphone from the professor's hand, and started banging it on the lectern. The attacker then walked over to the loudspeaker and started destroying it, shouting that the professor and the history institute should leave Poland.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A rabbi was threatened in an email sent to a Jewish community office. This was one in a series of threatening emails sent to multiple Jewish organizations.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A rabbi was threatened with sexual assault in an email sent by a man to a Jewish community office that included an attachment depicting the Star of David. The email was sent to several employees at the organization and was one in a series of threatening emails sent to multiple Jewish organizations.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A rabbi was threatened in an email sent to a Jewish community office. This was one in a series of threatening emails sent to multiple Jewish organizations.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - Gdansk, PolandCurated entry
Swastika sign placed on Gdansk synagogue wall
Source: US State Department ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A rabbi was threatened in an email sent to a Jewish organization. This was one in a series of threatening emails sent to multiple Jewish organizations over a four-month period.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A rabbi was threatened in an email sent to a Jewish community office. This was one in a series of threatening emails sent to multiple Jewish organizations over a four-month period.×13
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A male employee of a Jewish organization received an anti-Semitic threat in a private message sent to the organization's social media account.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
You Tube Urged to Act Against Far Right Polish Channel Targeting Jews , Ukrainian Refugees
Source: algemeiner.com ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A male Polish politician was subjected to anti-Semitic threats sent to him in an anonymous letter.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A rabbi was threatened in an email sent to a Jewish community office. This was one in a series of threatening emails sent to multiple Jewish organizations over a three-month period.×5
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A rabbi was threatened in an email sent to a Jewish organization. This was one in a series of threatening emails sent to multiple Jewish organizations over a three-month period.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A male politician received anti-Semitic death threats against him and his children via text message due to his stance on the war in Ukraine.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - PolandAuto-collected from news
A rabbi was threatened in an email sent to a Jewish community office that included an attachment depicting the star of David. This was one in a series of threatening emails sent to multiple Jewish organizations over a three-month period.×3
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗
Antisemitism by country
- United States7061
- United Kingdom922
- Italy761
- Spain257
- Poland250
- Netherlands242
- France239
- Ukraine140
- Germany137
- Canada127
- Switzerland103
- Austria82
- Australia76
- Russia60
- Belgium57
- Argentina55
- Czechia52
- Hungary49
- Greece45
- Lithuania33
- Brazil33
- Turkey32
- Bulgaria27
- Serbia22
- Sweden21
- Iran17
- Romania17
- New Zealand16
- Chile15
- South Africa12
- Ireland11
- Mexico10
- Denmark10
- Portugal8
- Norway7
- Belarus7
- Georgia6
- Croatia6
- North Macedonia5
- Moldova5
- Malaysia5
- Armenia5
- Colombia5
- Slovakia5
- Algeria4
- Tunisia4
- Finland4
- Pakistan4
- Estonia3
- Azerbaijan3
- Uruguay3
- United Arab Emirates3
- China3
- Kuwait3
- India3
- Latvia3
- Kazakhstan2
- Japan2
- Egypt2
- Saudi Arabia2
- Cyprus1
- Morocco1
- Peru1
- Lebanon1
- Slovenia1
- Sri Lanka1
- Qatar1
- Venezuela1
- Vietnam1
- Nicaragua1
- Luxembourg1
- Syria1
- Indonesia1
- Singapore1
- Paraguay1
- Jordan1
- Ethiopia1
- Bosnia and Herzegovina1
- Mauritania1
- Iceland1