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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 Warsaw Revolt in 1944, has published ground-breaking research on the relations between Polish society a...

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. The case is the first of its kind brought to the Polish courts since a controversial 2018 law from the...