Whitewash

Poland and the Jews (Jewish Quarterly 257)

Jan Grabowski

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Black Inc
01 August 2024

History; European history; Jewish studies

Series: Jewish Quarterly

Poland, the epicentre of the Holocaust, began denying responsibility as soon as the Nazi atrocities ended. The nation's distortion of history continues today - with disturbing consequences.

""Holocaust denial has now been replaced by a much more dangerous and insidious foe.""-Jan Grabowski

Poland is the place where the Holocaust was perpetrated - where close to 5 out of 6 million Jews were killed. Today, it is the place where a new threat is unfolding- the hijacking of history to transform the nation's past. Whitewash grapples with modern Poland's failure to acknowledge its role in the Holocaust.

World-renowned Holocaust historian Jan Grabowski examines how the government, museums, schools and state institutions have been deployed to propagate a narrative of Polish national innocence. He recounts his own experience as the victim of smears and a notorious lawsuit for questioning the complicity of Poles in the destruction of the country's Jews, and explores the far-reaching consequences of Poland's historical distortions, which have been echoed and replicated worldwide to challenge the truth of the Holocaust.

By: Jan Grabowski
Imprint: Black Inc
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 146g
ISBN: 9781760644352
ISBN 10: 1760644358
Series: Jewish Quarterly
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 01 August 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jan Grabowski is a Polish-Canadian professor of history at the University of Ottawa. His books include Hunt for the Jews and Night Without End.