Published November 04, 2016
Poland's nationalistic leadership is refusing to give up a fight against a Polish-American scholar who has claimed that more Jews than Germans were killed by Poles during World War II, a hugely controversial statement in a nation proud of its resistance against the Nazis.
The question is whether Princeton professor Jan Tomasz Gross publicly insulted Poland, a crime punishable by up to three years in prison. A prosecutor recently ordered the continuation of a yearlong investigation until April, overriding a lower-ranking prosecutor who recommended dropping the case after finding no intent to defame Poland.
The case is seen as a test of freedom of speech under a right-wing government that has been centralizing power.
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