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Poland votes for its next president, with Polish-Jewish history on the ballot

JL;DR SUMMARY Poland's presidential election pits Rafał Trzaskowski, a liberal-centrist, against Karol Nawrocki, a right-wing historian promoting a nationalist view of Polish history, particularly regarding Poland's role in the Holocaust. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryHolocaustPolandAcademiaElectionEu RelationsLaw And JusticeRafał TrzaskowskiKarol Nawrocki

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Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland
"On Sunday, voters are casting their ballots in the decisive runoff between Rafa Trzaskowski, the liberal-centrist mayor of Warsaw, and Karol Nawrocki, a right-wing historian who has helmed a nationalist effort to rewrite Polands role in the Holocaust."
Wrocaw, Lower Silesia, Poland
"Hes saying a lot that Poles should be proud of our history, said Maria Ferenc, a Holocaust researcher at the University of Wrocaw."
Jedwabne, Podlachia, Poland
"He has not responded to Brauns demand that he conduct exhumations in Jedwabne, where hundreds of Jews were killed in 1941."
Krakow, Lesser Poland, Poland
"He left in 2017 to work at the American Jewish Committee and later Krakows Jewish Community Center, rejoining the ministry only under the current government in 2025."

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