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The appointment of a well-known radical Right figure, Tomasz Greniuch, to lead the Wrocław branch of the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN), recently caused outrage in Poland.
The IPN is an important state research institute focusing on Polish history. Among other things, it is responsible for investigating crimes committed against the Polish nation under Nazism and communism.
On 22 February, two weeks after the announcement, Greniuch officially resigned from his new position. But the damage was done: the controversial appointment revealed the overlap between radical Right nationalism and public institutions in the country.
A historian, Greniuch was already head of the IPN’s branch in the small city of Opole, but Wrocław is one of the biggest cities in Poland. He is known as a former far-Right activist and the founder of a regional branch of the prominent radical Right organisation, the National Radical Camp (Obóz Narodowo-Radykalny, ONR).
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum Expresses Deep Concern that Polish Court Ruling May Compromise Holocaust Scholarship
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DALLAS, Feb. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum is deeply concerned over a recent ruling by a Polish court that may compromise the future of Holocaust scholarship in Poland.
Poland has long struggled to come to grips with its role in the Holocaust, as both victim and perpetrator. Its 2018 law banning statements that accuse the Polish state and nation of complicity in Nazi crimes deliberately obscures the participation of Polish collaborators in the murder of Jews.
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Historian With Far-right Past Resigns In Poland
The head of the institute, Jaroslaw Szarek, said in a statement Monday that Greniuch offered his resignation and that it had been accepted.
A Polish historian resigned Monday from the government s historical institute after controversy erupted over his past ties with a far-right organization and photos emerged of him making a fascist salute. Tomasz Greniuch was recently appointed to head the Wroclaw office of the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN), a state organization whose role is to document Nazi and communist crimes carried out on Polish soil.
The head of the institute, Jaroslaw Szarek, said in a statement Monday that Greniuch offered his resignation and that it had been accepted. Szarek said the circumstances surrounding the appointment had made it impossible for Greniuch to do his job. Outrage had been mounting over the appointment in Poland, a country that suffered enormously under Nazi German rule in