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Article content A University of Ottawa history professor says he’s deeply concerned about the chilling effect a Polish court ruling could have on Holocaust scholarship like his that seeks to explore the role of individual Polish collaborators. In a telephone interview from Poland on Wednesday, Prof. Jan Grabowski said the ruling, which demands an apology for “inaccurate information” published in a 2018 book he helped edit, has unleashed a frightening backlash. We apologize, but this video...

Court rules Barbara Engelking and Jan Grabowski disseminated false information and harmed the honor of a man they said helped kill Jews in WWII; his niece brought the suit

The Globe and Mail Vanessa Gera and Monika Scislowska WARSAW, Poland Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer The Associated Press A court in Warsaw ruled Tuesday that two prominent Holocaust researchers must apologize to a woman who claimed her deceased uncle had been slandered in a hi...

The Sudanese government and a major rebel group from its southern Nuba Mountains on Sunday signed a document which paves... Malinowski’s niece, 81-year-old Filomena Leszczynska, accused the scholars of fabricating her uncle’s crimes, insisting that he was a hero who had saved Jews. The court’s decision means that Engelking and Grabowski are obliged to provide Leszczynska with a written apology for having provided “inaccurate information” about her uncle and for “violating his honor....

by Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press Posted Feb 9, 2021 4:10 pm ADT Last Updated Feb 9, 2021 at 4:25 pm ADT TORONTO — A Polish court order that an eminent Canadian historian and his co-editor apologize for suggesting a man helped kill Jews during the Second World World has angered Jewish human rights activists in Canada and abroad. They say the ruling against Jan Grabowski and Barbara Engelking is part of an ongoing effort to obscure Polish complicity in the genocide of Jews during the Holocau...

Court tells professors to apologise to 81-year-old woman who claims they defamed her late uncle

Barbara Engelking and Jan Grabowski were sued by the 81-year-old niece of a wartime village elder who claimed a book they co-edited defames her deceased uncle's memory by suggesting he had a role in the slaughter of Jews

The researchers were accused of defaming a man whom they said aided in the killing of Jews. Critics say the Polish government is whitewashing the role that some Poles played in the Holocaust.

Follow Feb. 8, 2021 Readers who have been following the stories written by Haaretz correspondent Ofer Aderet on the research of historian Jan Grabowski (Haaretz, Jan. 18, Jan. 27 and Jan. 31, 2021) could reach the conclusion that Poland is now conducting a trial that resembles the famous Dreyfus trial that took place in France at the end of the 19th century. Prof. Grabowski, a Polish historian who lives in Canada today and teaches at Ottawa University, and whose Jewish father fought in the War...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Two renowned Holocaust historians are being sued for $27,000. • 10 min read Peter Jennings joined Wiesel on the 40th anniversary of the Holocaust camp’s liberation.AP LONDON and MOSCOW -- An unusual libel case in Poland pertaining to the Holocaust has the potential to affect both the future of academic research as well as how the country comes to grips with its treatment of Jews during WWII, advocates say. Th...