"The first director of #Poland’s leading #Jewish #museum, squeezed out seven years ago by a nationalist government, is returning to the helm in a symbolic reversal.
#DariuszStola steered the #Polin Museum of the #History of #Polish #Jews in #Warsaw from its founding in 2014 to become a breakthrough in Poland’s recognition of its extinguished Jewish past.
But he clashed with the #rightwing Law and Justice party, which governed Poland from 2015 to 2023. The former culture minister accused him of “politicizing” the museum through explorations of antisemitism in Poland, and in 2019, he was pushed out despite winning a competition to extend his tenure.
Now, #Stola has been reinstated..."
https://www.jta.org/2026/02/26/global/polands-jewish-museum-director-returns-7-years-after-being-pushed-out-by-nationalist-politics