Future of Poland s Holocaust research hangs on court case, academics say Reuters 2/9/2021
By Alan Charlish and Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk
WARSAW, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The fate of future research into the actions of Poles during the Holocaust could be set on Tuesday, academics say, in a court ruling on a case that pits two leading historians against an elderly litigant.
In a country where close to 3.2 million Jews are estimated to have died during more than five years of Nazi rule, the events of World War Two remain politically charged.
A significant body of research suggests that, while thousands of Poles risked their lives to help Jews, thousands also participated in the Holocaust.