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A renowned Holocaust scholar ordered by a Polish court to apologize for suggesting a man helped the Nazis kill Jews said on Tuesday the ruling was a direct blow to sensitive academic research.The . . .

A renowned Holocaust scholar ordered by a Polish court to apologize for suggesting a man helped the ...

Dutch National Archives (courtesy) When historians seek to research what Dutch citizens did during Nazi Germany’s occupation of the Netherlands, they have access to a stack of files that’s taller than the National Mall in Washington, DC. Twenty years ago, those files of the “Central Archive of Special Jurisdiction” were deposited at the Dutch National Archives in The Hague. Suddenly, 300,000 case files on Dutch citizens suspected of having collaborated with Nazis were made available to ...

To celebrate President's Day, George Strait remembered the time that he and his family visited then-President George H.W. Bush.

The prosecution of researchers and journalists who deal with Polish involvement in the Holocaust constitutes a “real threat to academic and press freedom,” says the museum.

Follow Feb. 12, 2021 On November 5, 1942, the Germans destroyed the Drohyczin Jewish ghetto in the Bialystok region of Poland. About 1,500 of its residents were loaded onto trains and sent to the Treblinka death camp. The night before the ghetto’s destruction, Estera Siemiatycka fled with her toddler son, as well as with her sister and her sister’s daughters. Initially, they found refuge with a Polish acquaintance and then fled into the forest. According to Siemiatycka’s testimony, one da...

Holocaust museum says decision ‘a real threat to academic and press freedom’ after researchers were censured for harming honor of man they said helped kill Jews in WWII

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israels Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial said Thursday it was “deeply...

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