The Washington Post tells me today that the Polish Government has created a law that "prohibits anyone from asserting that 'the Polish nation' was complicit in crimes or atrocities committed by Nazis or communists." That Government is apparently now considering prosecuting a Princeton professor under that law for his book which treats Polish actions during the Holocaust. Putting people in jail for contributing to the debate on responsibility for crimes against humanity seems a lot less useful than prosecuting those responsible for the crimes themselves!
I hope that UNESCO and other organizations promoting freedom of information will come out against this Polish law.
Friday, January 18, 2008
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