Prosecuting Historians – Last Refuge of the Illiberals?
In his latest CARR Insight blog, Senior Fellow, Professor Dan Stone, examines a troubling episode of two historians being prosecuted for a short passage in their latest book and its…
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Amidst the Pandemic, Central and Eastern Europe Witnesses an Erosion of Democracy
Nearly a year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, its effects on people’s lives, countries’ economies and health care around the world are becoming clearer. In some Central and…
Are Poland’s football ultras really supporting the Women’s Strike?
The picturesque squares of Poland, practically empty just a few months ago due to the growing threat of COVID-19, were set ablaze in impassioned protest. The colours on the street…
Holy war in the city of knives: anti-semitism and football on the streets of Krakow
I’ve seen enough episodes of Copa90’s ‘Derby Days’ by now to know that every city has its own unique footballing rivalry. But when Krakow’s two top-flight teams Wisła and Cracovia meet…
Chaim Rumkowski – Give Me Your Children Speech
Dawid Sierakowiak recorded in his diary that at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, on September 4, 1942, Chaim Rumkowski, the Chairman of the Jewish Council of Elders, and Warszawski, the…
Eye Witness Testimony of Gas Chambers built at Belzec – Stanislaw Kozak – 14 October 1945
In the latest of a series looking at eyewitness accounts of the Holocaust, CARR Senior Fellow, Mr Chris Webb presents the troubling account of Stanislaw Kozak, a local Pole who…
Aktion Erntefest – Lublin District – November 1943
In the latest in Senior Fellow, Chris Webb’s series on Jewish Resistance and Concentration Camps of the Holocaust, Webb looks into the biggest mass execution in one day, in the…
The Eyewitness Account of Tadeusz Pankiewicz and the Krakow Ghetto – June 1942
On June 4, 1942, it was the Jews of Krakow who faced the perils and uncertainties of a round-up. A Polish Catholic, Tadeusz Pankiewicz, witnessed the round-up from the window…
Marching with Dabrowski – what the centenary of Polish Independence can tell us about the radical right?
“I could not think of a better way to grasp what is behind the nationalist frenzy than to take part in their public events. On November 11, Poland celebrated National…
The Sobibor Death Camp Revolt – October 14, 1943 – Part 2
Content Warning: The following blog contains depictions of violence within the eyewitness account which some readers may find distressing. Reader discretion is advised. In the second of a two-part series,…