Lithuania's Museum of Holocaust Denial
This past winter here in Vilnius, the charming capital of Lithuania, was much like any other. During long solid weeks of subzero...
Dovid Katz | Tablet
Apr 11, 2018
Scrubbing Poland’s Complicated Past
This month, Poland marks fifty years since the “March events” of 1968, when mass protests erupted in response to the stagnant Communist...
The New York Review of Books
Mar 25, 2018
Poland’s Misunderstood Holocaust Law
World War II altered not only the fate of nations but also that of millions of families in Europe. From the viewpoint of Poland, it was...
Mateusz Morawiecki
Mar 19, 2018
Poland’s new ‘Holocaust law’ comes up against massacre of Jews in 1941
JEDWABNE, Poland — The Jews who survived the axes were burned alive in a barn on the outskirts of town. The Germans had just recaptured...
James McAuley
Feb 22, 2018
In solidarity with Civil Society in Hungary
On 13 February 2018, the Hungarian government tabled to Parliament a proposed legislative pack of three laws, commonly referred to as...
Reporters without Borders 1
Feb 21, 2018
In laws, rhetoric and acts of violence, Europe is rewriting dark chapters of its past
In Poland, the president signs a law criminalizing anyone who dares suggest that the country’s citizens helped perpetrate crimes of the...
Griff Witte
Feb 19, 2018
Rewriting History in Eastern Europe
Last week, Polish President Andrzej Duda signed a controversial law criminalizing statements that attribute responsibility for the...
Foreign Affairs
Feb 14, 2018
Poland to outlaw references to 'Polish death camps' in Holocaust bill
By Judith Vonberg Poland's senate has approved a controversial bill that makes it illegal to accuse the nation of complicity in crimes...
CNN 1
Feb 2, 2018
'Polish death camp' and lies about WWII is also Holocaust denial: Polish PM
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said the Holocaust was an unimaginable crime and “attempts to negate it should always be condemned”. He...
Poland Radio
Feb 2, 2018
Poland’s Senate passes Holocaust complicity bill despite concerns from U.S., Israel
What will be the impact of the law? Once it is signed by the president, anyone convicted under the law could face fines or up to three...
Washington Post
Feb 1, 2018
Opinion: How the Holocaust Haunts Eastern Europe
By Lev Golinkin One of my big shocks upon arriving in America from Ukraine in the 1980s was learning that the United States had museums...
New York Times 1
Jan 26, 2018
"Pray for an Islamic Holocaust’: Tens of thousands from Europe’s far right march in Poland
By Avi Selk The official celebration of Poland’s 99th independence day proceeded innocuously, with ceremonies in the capital. There was...
Washington Post
Nov 12, 2017
