Grabowski and Engelking co-edited Night Without End: The Fate of Jews in Selected Counties of Occupied Poland, a two-volume study published in 2018. Three million Polish Jews were killed during the Nazi occupation, along with millions of others. Dangerous precedentCritics say the case sets a dangerous precedent that threatens independent research into one of the 20th Century's darkest chapters. The libel case has raised concerns internationally because it comes amid a broader state-backed historical offensive in Poland. "Poland cannot continue to bury the facts and silence Holocaust scholars, and its actions must be roundly rejected by Canada and the rest of the international community."

Source: CBC News February 10, 2021 00:00 UTC