No funding for academics “who insult Poles, the greatest victims of WW2”, says education minister
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- 03 May 2023
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Poland’s minister of education and science, Przemysław Czarnek, has announced that he will not approve funding for academics who “insult Poles”, whom he described as “the greatest victims of World War II”.
The remarks come amid continued debate over claims last week by a leading Polish Holocaust scholar, Barbara Engelking, that Poles did little to help Jews during the war. She is the head of a research institute that is part of the Polish Academic of Sciences (PAN), a state body funded by the government.
Engelking’s comments have been condemned by figures from Poland’s conservative government, including the prime minister. The broadcasting regulator has launched an investigation into the TV station that aired her remarks.
One politician from the ruling camp announced on Sunday that he was reporting the academic to prosecutors for “insulting the Polish nation”, a crime in Poland that carries a prison sentence of up to three years. Read More…
