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New ‘information center’ in Polish town denies murders of Jews by local Poles in 1941

Shira Li Bartov in JTA · 17 Apr

A new information center in Jedwabne, Poland, is sparking controversy by denying the town's 1941 massacre of Jews by local Poles.

0 Holocaust Politics

What the US ambassador to Poland left out when he absolved Poland of Holocaust complicity

Menachem Z. Rosensaft in JTA · 21 Nov 2025

In a critical response to U.S. Ambassador Thomas Rose's recent speech, Menachem Z. Rosensaft argues that absolving Poland of any Holocaust complicity overlooks the complex historical realities.

0 Politics History

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

Shira Li Bartov in JTA · 30 May 2025

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.

0 Holocaust History

Mussolini’s Willing Executioners: The Genocide Of Italy’s Jews

Forward · 1 Jan 2019

Simon Levis Sullam's book, "The Italian Executioners: The Genocide of the Jews of Italy," challenges the notion that Italy was peripheral to the Holocaust by examining Italian participation in the genocide of Jews during the Italian Social Republic's collaboration with Nazi Germany.