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Polish appeals court overturns ruling against Holocaust historians
Also: Polish appeals court dismisses libel complaint against Holocaust book (Euronews)
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Source: The Guardian and agencies
Polish appeals court overturns ruling against Holocaust historians
Case has raised questions about freedom to research Poland’s wartime past
Staff and agencies in Warsaw
Mon 16 Aug 2021 19.09 BST
A Polish appeals court has overturned a ruling against two leading Holocaust historians accused of defamation, in a closely watched case that raised questions about the freedom to research Poland’s second world war past.
The civil case was brought against Prof Barbara Engelking and Prof Jan Grabowski for a book they co-edited about the complicity of Catholic Poles in the genocide of Jews during Nazi Germany’s occupation of Poland.
Night Without End documented several such cases, but the court action was brought by the niece of Edward Malinowski, the wartime mayor of the village of Malinowo in north-east Poland.
The book mentions that he may have been implicated in a local massacre of Jews by German soldiers, but his niece, Filomena Leszczyńska, argued he had in fact helped Jews.
In February, a lower court ordered Engelking and Grabowski to apologise to Leszczyńska, saying their claim had been “inaccurate”.
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Case has raised questions about freedom to research Poland’s wartime past
Staff and agencies in Warsaw
Mon 16 Aug 2021 19.09 BST
A Polish appeals court has overturned a ruling against two leading Holocaust historians accused of defamation, in a closely watched case that raised questions about the freedom to research Poland’s second world war past.
The civil case was brought against Prof Barbara Engelking and Prof Jan Grabowski for a book they co-edited about the complicity of Catholic Poles in the genocide of Jews during Nazi Germany’s occupation of Poland.
Night Without End documented several such cases, but the court action was brought by the niece of Edward Malinowski, the wartime mayor of the village of Malinowo in north-east Poland.
The book mentions that he may have been implicated in a local massacre of Jews by German soldiers, but his niece, Filomena Leszczyńska, argued he had in fact helped Jews.
In February, a lower court ordered Engelking and Grabowski to apologise to Leszczyńska, saying their claim had been “inaccurate”.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/16/polish-appeals-court-overturns-ruling-against-holocaust-historians
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Source: Euronews with AP and AFP
Polish appeals court dismisses libel complaint against Holocaust book
By Euronews with AP, AFP • Updated: 16/08/2021 - 21:58
A Polish appeals court has dismissed claims against two prominent historians, who were accused of making "inaccuracies" in their book on the Holocaust.
The book entitled "Night Without End: The Fate of Jews in Selected Counties of Occupied Poland" documents numerous cases of Polish complicity in the persecution of Jews during World War II.
Its co-authors -- professors Barbara Engelking and Jan Grabowski of the University of Ottawa -- have been accused of libel.
In the first trial in February, they were found ordered to publish an apology, but the Warsaw appeals court dismissed the case on Monday.
Judge Joanna Wisniewska-Sadomska said the complaint was "an unacceptable infringement of the freedom of scientific research and freedom of expression".
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By Euronews with AP, AFP • Updated: 16/08/2021 - 21:58
A Polish appeals court has dismissed claims against two prominent historians, who were accused of making "inaccuracies" in their book on the Holocaust.
The book entitled "Night Without End: The Fate of Jews in Selected Counties of Occupied Poland" documents numerous cases of Polish complicity in the persecution of Jews during World War II.
Its co-authors -- professors Barbara Engelking and Jan Grabowski of the University of Ottawa -- have been accused of libel.
In the first trial in February, they were found ordered to publish an apology, but the Warsaw appeals court dismissed the case on Monday.
Judge Joanna Wisniewska-Sadomska said the complaint was "an unacceptable infringement of the freedom of scientific research and freedom of expression".
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Read more: https://www.euronews.com/2021/08/16/polish-appeals-court-dismisses-libel-complaint-against-holocaust-book