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A Massacre in a Forest Becomes a Test of Poland’s Pushback on Wartime Blame Two researchers are on trial for writing that a Polish mayor was complicit in a massacre. Critics say the government is trying to emphasize Polish suffering in World War II and downplay complicity in Nazi crimes. “The war ended 75 years ago, but it still lives on in our bones. It will last forever,” Zygmunt Malinowski recalled last week during a visit to the forest memorial stone, right, where Jews were killed in the early 1940s.Credit...Maciek Nabrdalik for The New York Times Feb. 8, 2021 MALINOWO, Po...

Golden Globes mystery: How often do musicals win over comedies? Matthew Stewart Most moviegoers who witnessed the 2020 Sundance Film Festival premiere of “Palm Springs” probably did not expect that it would be the only traditional comedy nominated for Best Musical or Comedy at this year’s Golden Globes. After all, comedies (and dramedies) have disproportionately dominated the category for the past decade, while only eight musicals have managed to snag bids. However, the 2021 lineup turned out to be another deviation from the norm in a year full of them. Joining “Palm S...

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...

The frequent New York Times contributor facing criminal charges for allegedly serving as an unregistered, paid agent of the government... In tandem with the insistence that Jews were no more persecuted by the occupiers than any other nationality, the Soviets came up with another insidious myth: that “Zionists” had actively collaborated with the Nazi oppression of the Jews to the point that they were equally culpable for the massacres that followed. This line was eagerly swallowed the Arab world, and then by large sections of the western left, as part of the ideological offensive against I...

A law prohibiting false accusations of Poland's role in the Holocaust has seen two renowned historians sued for $27,000 in a controversial libel case.