Poland’s crusade to whitewash Holocaust history – The restitution bill promoted by Warsaw is just another step in the country’s efforts to validate the murder of Jews and theft of their property carried out by their forebears; now Israel’s new government must prove itself and stand up for what is right | ynetnews

How much time passed from the moment my grandparents were forced out of their spacious, well-maintained apartment on the main street of Lodz, Poland into the impoverished, crowded Jewish ghetto until the Polish gatekeeper and his family took it over? One week? One day? One hour?
When I visited that home several years ago, I could still see where their mezuzah had been nailed to the doorway. I could not muster the courage to go up and see who now resides there.