Wiesenthal Center Condemns Use of Proposed New Polish Law to Blatantly Intimidate Holocaust Researchers | Simon Wiesenthal Center

The Simon Wiesenthal Center today strongly condemned an attempt by Polish prosecutors to use a proposed new law to threaten an eminent historian with three years imprisonment. Mark Weitzman, the Director of Government Affairs of the Center said, “Reports that Polish prosecutors in Katowice have rejected an initial opinion dismissing charges brought against renowned Princeton historian Jan Gross for ‘defaming the Polish nation’ and are continuing the case are highly alarming. Professor Gross, (pictured) whose highly acclaimed groundbreaking book, Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland on the killings of Jews in Jedwabne by their Polish neighbors was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2001, now faces a renewed investigation that bears all the hallmarks of a political witch-hunt.”