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The historian [[Piotr Gontarczyk]] accuses of "thick scientific fraud"<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://afaae.com/poland/yes-ladies-and-gentlemen-this-is-a-new-school-but-not-the-research-but-the-deception-of-the-holocaust/ |title = Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this is a "new school", but not the research, but the deception of the Holocaust. |date = 11 March 2019|access-date = 2019-03-11}}</ref> and "scientific mystification"<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.polskieradio.pl/321/1222/Artykul/2275685,Piotr-Gontarczyk-zarzuca-publikacji-Centrum-Badan-nad-Zaglada-Zydow-naukowa-mistyfikacje |title = Piotr Gontarczyk zarzuca publikacji Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów "naukową mistyfikację" |publisher = polskieradio.pl |date = 10 March 2019 |access-date = 2019-03-10 |language= pl}}</ref> the publication of [[Barbara Engelking]] and [[Jan Grabowski (historian)|Jan Grabowski]] titled "Dalej jest noc. Losy Żydów w wybranych powiatach okupowanej Polski"<ref>{{Cite book |author = [[Barbara Engelking]] |author2 = [[Jan Grabowski (historian)|Jan Grabowski]] |title = Dalej jest noc. Losy Żydów w wybranych powiatach okupowanej Polski|publisher=Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów|isbn=9788363444600}}</ref> published by the Polish Center for Holocaust Research. In the interviews with weekly magazine "Sieci" and [[Polish Press Agency]] Gontarczyk says that there were "Dantean scenes" in the Bochnia ghetto involving the [[Jüdischer_Ordnungsdienst|Jewish police]] but there were no Poles there. In the book "The Jewish police have disappeared, they have put in Polish – that's a big deal" said the historian. |
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Gontarczyk emphasizes that the misinformation he pointed is just one of several inaccuracies contained in the publication. He also says that he is waiting for the authors to speak. |
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==Publications== |
==Publications== |
Revision as of 21:40, 12 March 2019
The Polish Center for Holocaust Research (Polish: Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów) is an academic and research center at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland. Historian Barbara Engelking serves as the centre's director.[1]
History
Created in 2003, the Center is an interdisciplinary research facility devoted to study of the Holocaust in historical perspective. The Center gathers psychologists, sociologists, literary historians, cultural anthropologists, and other scholars in order to provide knowledge on the nature, scope, and effects of the Holocaust. In order to support and expand the Center's activities, the Association of the Polish Center for Holocaust Research was created in 2007.
The Center coordinates research and educational projects, grants, seminars, conferences, and workshops, and publishes books and papers by Polish scholars as well as translations of works in other languages. Since 2005, the Center has published an academic journal, Holocaust Studies and Materials.
In February 2018, Jakub Petelewicz, speaking as academic secretary of the Polish Center for Holocaust Research, expressed concern that a 2018 Polish law criminalizing discussion of negative Polish actions in the Holocaust may hinder the work of Poland-based academics and institutions. While the law contains an exemption for academic and artistic work, he said the lack of definitions could lead to confusion. For instance, he expressed concern that presenting materials to schools and discussing findings publicly might be prevented. Another concern he raised was the possibility of being sued personally or as an institution by right-wing groups under provisions of the law allowing for lawsuits to defend "the good name of the Polish nation." Petelwicz described the overall effect of the law as pressuring academics to play down negative actions by Poles and emphasize suffering by Poles.[2]
In 2018 the Center released a Polish-language study on The Fate of Jews in Selected Counties of Occupied Poland (Polish title: Dalej jest noc, Night Goes On), co-edited by Jan Grabowski and Barbara Engelking, and co-authored with 7 other Center members. The 1,600-page, two-volume study covers 8 and half counties in German established General Government out of 63. The study identified small Polish towns as particularly dangerous, or "death traps", for Jews in hiding.[3] According to the book ten percent of Jews in the General Government sought shelter among the Polish population, two-thirds of whom died, usually with Polish participation.[4] The book has been criticized by other historians, and numerous flaws in its methodology pointed out, Jacek Borkowicz using the data in the book came to conclusion that actually numbers are much lower and at most reach 40,000, with around 50,000 up to 100,000 saved by Poles.[5] Tomasz Domański pointed out that authors write about "Polish-German administration" while there was no Polish administration structure in German occupied territories, and their use of materials is selective[6] He also criticises the wording Polish Police and lack of common definition of a county.
In 2019 the Center coorganized a conference in Paris. No historian critical toward the Center was invited. Dr. Sidi N'Diaye presented his opinion that Poles murdered Jews like Hutu murdered Tutsi in Rwanda. The lecturers were verbally attacked by some listeners. [7]
The director Barbara Engelking protested against a memorial of the righteous near the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw. [8]
Controversies
The historian Piotr Gontarczyk accuses of "thick scientific fraud"[9] and "scientific mystification"[10] the publication of Barbara Engelking and Jan Grabowski titled "Dalej jest noc. Losy Żydów w wybranych powiatach okupowanej Polski"[11] published by the Polish Center for Holocaust Research. In the interviews with weekly magazine "Sieci" and Polish Press Agency Gontarczyk says that there were "Dantean scenes" in the Bochnia ghetto involving the Jewish police but there were no Poles there. In the book "The Jewish police have disappeared, they have put in Polish – that's a big deal" said the historian.
Gontarczyk emphasizes that the misinformation he pointed is just one of several inaccuracies contained in the publication. He also says that he is waiting for the authors to speak.
Publications
- W. Burszta, B. Engelking, J. Grabowski, D. Libionka, D. Swałtek, A. Skibińska, Z. Schnepf-Kołacz, J. Leociak; red. B. Engelking, D. Grabowski; wstęp: K. Persak ZARYS KRAJOBRAZU. Wieś polska wobec zagłady Żydów 1942-1945, Stowarzyszenie Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów, Warszawa 2011.
- Jan Grabowski JUDENJAGD. Polowanie na Żydów 1942-1945. Studium dziejów pewnego powiatu, Stowarzyszenie Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów, Warszawa 2011.
- Barbara Engelking JEST TAKI PIĘKNY SŁONECZNY DZIEŃ ... Losy Żydów szukających ratunku na wsi polskiej 1942-1945, Stowarzyszenie Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów, Warszawa 2011.
- Barbara Engelking, Jan Grabowski Żydów łamiących prawo należy karać śmiercią. >>Przestępczość<< Żydów w Warszawie, 1939-1942, Stowarzyszenie Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów, Warszawa 2010.
- Barbara Engelking, Jacek Leociak, Dariusz Libionka, Wiesława Młynarczyk, Jakub Petelewicz, Alina Skibińska, Robert Szuchta, pod red. Aliny Skibińskiej i Roberta Szuchty Wybór źródeł do nauczania o zagładzie Żydów na okupowanych ziemiach polskich oraz Ćwiczenia ze źródłami, Stowarzyszenie Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów, Warszawa 2010.
- Cecylia Gruft W Imię Boże!, Stowarzyszenie Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów, Warszawa 2009.
- Barbara Engelking, Dariusz Libionka Żydzi w powstańczej Warszawie, Stowarzyszenie Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów, Warszawa 2009.
- Barbara Engelking-Boni, Szanowny Panie Gistapo. Donosy do władz niemieckich w Warszawie i okolicach w latach 1940- 1941, Wydawnictwo IFiS PAN, Warszawa 2003.
- Jan Grabowski, "Ja tego Żyda znam!" Szantażowanie Żydów w Warszawie 1939-1943, Wydawnictwo IFiS PAN, Warszawa 2003
- Agnieszka Haska, "Jestem Żydem, chcę wejść!" Hotel Polski w Warszawie, 1943, Wydawnictwo IFiS PAN, Warszawa 2006.
- Raul Hilberg, Sprawcy, Ofiary, Świadkowie. Zagłada Żydów, 1933-1945, tłum. J.Giebułtowski, Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów IFiS PAN i Wydawnictwo Cyklady, Warszawa 2007.
- Prowincja Noc. Życie i zagłada Żydów w dystrykcie warszawskim, Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów IFiS PAN, Warszawa 2007.
- Gunnar S. Paulsson, Utajone miasto. Żydzi po "aryjskiej" stronie Warszawy 1940-1945, tłum. Elżbieta Olender-Dmowska, Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów IFiS PAN i Wydawnictwo Znak, Kraków 2008.
- Alina Skibińska, Źródła do badań nad zagładą Żydów na okupowanych ziemiach polskich. Przewodnik archiwalno-bibliograficzny, Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów IFiS PAN i Wydawnictwo Cyklady, Warszawa 2007
- Szmul Rozensztajn, Notatnik, tłum. i oprac. Monika Polit, Stowarzyszenie Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów, Warszawa 2008
- Perec Opoczyński, Reportaże z warszawskiego getta, tłum. i oprac. Monika Polit, Stowarzyszenie Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów, Warszawa 2009
- Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały in Polish (see, below); vol.1-10; R. 2005-2014; Warszawa 2005-2014
- Holocaust Studies and Materials; vol.1; R. 2008; Warszawa 2008
- Holocaust Studies and Materials; vol.2; R. 2010; Warszawa 2010
- Holocaust Studies and Materials; vol.3; R. 2013; Warszawa 2013
References
- ^ "Barbara Engelking". Polish Center for Holocaust Research. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ David Matthews (February 21, 2018). "Historians fear 'censorship' under Poland's Holocaust law". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
- ^ Study says Polish neighbors betrayed many more Jews than previously thought, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 11 May 2018.
- ^ „Dalej jest noc”. Dwóch na trzech Żydów szukających ratunku zginęło z rąk Polaków, lub przy ich współudziale, Oko.press, Adam Leszczyński, 8 Feb 2018
- ^ [1] Jacek Borkowicz Pogruchotana pamięć o Zagładzie Rzeczpospolita Plus Minus 17.05.2018,
- ^ [2] Wraca spor o udzial w Zagladzie
- ^ [3]
- ^ [4]
- ^ "Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this is a "new school", but not the research, but the deception of the Holocaust". 11 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ "Piotr Gontarczyk zarzuca publikacji Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów "naukową mistyfikację"" (in Polish). polskieradio.pl. 10 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
- ^ Barbara Engelking; Jan Grabowski. Dalej jest noc. Losy Żydów w wybranych powiatach okupowanej Polski. Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów. ISBN 9788363444600.