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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
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 Holocaust. Michael Levitt, head of Toronto-based Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies, ...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A court in Warsaw ruled Tuesday that two prominent Holocaust...
Fears rise that Polish libel trial could threaten future Holocaust research Staff and agencies © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: AP Two Polish historians are facing a libel trial over a book examining Poles’ behaviour during the second world war, a case whose outcome is expected to determine the future of independent Holocaust research under Poland’s nationalist government. A verdict is expected in Warsaw’s district court on 9 February in the case against Barbara Engelking, a historian with the Polish Centre for Holocaust Research in Warsaw, and Jan Grabowski, a ...
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Future of Holocaust research in Poland hinges on libel case Vanessa Gera Updated: Tags: 1943 AP FILE - In this 1943 photo, a group of Polish Jews are led away for deportation by German SS soldiers, during the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto by German troops after an uprising in the Jewish quarter. Two Polish historians are facing a libel trial for a scholarly examination of Polish behavior during World War II, a case whose outcome is expected to determine the fate of independent Holocaust research under Polands nationalist government. A verdict is expected Feb. 9. (AP Photo, B/W File) WA...