While the work has won praise, some have also criticised it for mixing photographs from different times, including Holocaust-era images of Jews.
While the work has won praise, some have also criticised it for mixing photographs from different times, including Holocaust-era images of Jews.
Stuart Dowell
Self-taught artist Mayer Kirshenblatt captured in vivid detail his childhood memories of prewar Poland.
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National and local politicians, as well as foreign diplomats, paid tribute.
“Generation War” has been accused of downplaying German responsibility.
Jews made up half the population before being wiped out in the Holocaust.
The case has drawn international concern over academic freedom in Poland.
Juliette Bretan
Wojciech Rychlewicz provided Jews with false Catholic baptismal certificates.
“She provided me with shelter, putting her own life and that of her family in danger,” said the director.
Leżajsk once had a large Jewish population and it remains an important site for Hasidic Jews.
Percy Metcalfe
The diplomats in Switzerland forged up to 10,000 passports intended for Jews trapped in German-occupied Europe.
A new international index of anti-Jewish attitudes finds them to be most common in Poland.