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""Holocaust denial has now been replaced by a much more dangerous and insidious foe.""-Jan Grabowski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