Published: 15 June 2021
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Calling them ‘antisemitic images,’ Krakow is the first city to outlaw the souvenir figures, which are sometimes seen as good luck charms
Krakow official: Good luck figurines of Jews are antisemitic, shouldn’t be sold (Times of Israel)
Statement follows campaign by Polish Jews to stop the sale of models; some locals treat figures as charms for increasing revenues, typically depicting Orthodox Jews counting money
Calling them ‘antisemitic images,’ Krakow bans sale of Jewish figurines holding coins (Haaretz)
The figures are sold in souvenir stores throughout Poland and are sometimes seen as good luck charms. Krakow is the first city to ban them
Photo: Jewish figurines each holding a one-grosz piece in Poland (Meir Bulka)



