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18.3.2021. 16:26
Poljska
 
The Claims Conference and WJRO Condemn Legal Proceedings Against Polish Historians

Claims konferencija i WJRO osuđuju sudski proces protiv poljskih povjesničara


In Poland in a defamation trial, Professor Barbara Engelking, director of the Research Centre for the Extermination of Jews (Polish Academy of Sciences) and Jan Grabowski, professor of history at the University of Ottawa – both of whom are internationally known scholarly experts – were accused of having edited a book in which Professor Engelking allegedly tarnished the memory of a village elder during the German occupation, by mentioning that he was jointly responsible for the death of Jews. 

P rofesori Barbara Engelking ( direktorica Istraživačkog centra o stradanju Židova i Jan Grabowski, sa Univerziteta u Otawi su osuđeni jer su u svojoj knjizi iznijeli svjedočenje iz jednog poljskog  sela o sudjelovanju u ubijanju Židova u vrijeme njemačke okupacije. Od njih se zahtijeva da povuku te navode i da se ispričaju...

Tim povodom je  Claims konferencija dala svoje stanovište u kojem protestira zbog suđenja i 
navodi da " povijest Holokausta traži neovisno znanstveno istraživanje koje ne smije biti izloženo pritiscima politike ili sudova...

Claims Conference Statement

The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), a major sponsor of historical research on the Holocaust, and the World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) protest in thestrongest terms the verdict by a Polish court in a defamation trial brought against international-regarded scholarly experts Professor Barbara Engelking, Director of the Research Centre for the Extermination of Jews (Polish Academy of Sciences), and Professor Jan Grabowski of the University of Ottawa. The history of the Holocaust requires independent scholarly research that must not be subject to inappropriate efforts at pressure by politicians and the courts. This verdict is a concerning example of Holocaust distortion against which the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, of which Poland is a member, has taken a stand. “The telling of history must not be blocked or restricted – this decision damages an open and honest coming to terms with the past,” said Claims 

Conference President and WJRO Chair of Operations, Gideon Taylor. “Poland