Becker sparked outrage by expressing pride in the town's "Hitler bell" and quoting a resident who felt the period of Nazi rule had included "good things."
The European Jewish Congress expressed "its grave concerns" about the rise of anti-Semitism in Poland and the deteriorating relationship between the Polish government and the local Jewish community.
The bones of Jews "will end up in city dumpsters," laments an activist fighting to stop construction of luxury apartments over Jewish cemeteries in Belarus.
Celebrity Billy Joel's donning of a yellow Star of David at a Madison Square Gardens concert was surprising, given his previous criticism of performers pushing their political agendas.
The PM condemned anti-Semitism and racism three days after the Charlottesville car-ramming attack in which a neo-Nazi killed a young woman and wounded several others.