"The Goddess of Warsaw" by Lisa Barr is a captivating work of historical fiction following the story of Lena Browning, a Hollywood star with a past as Bina Blonski, a Polish Jewish actress who survived the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust.

Far-right Polish lawmaker Grzegorz Braun caused outrage when he used a fire extinguisher to blow out the candles of a menorah in Poland's parliament building before calling Hanukkah satanic.