Krakow1’s comments seemed quite clear to me.
Two accounts are published in English and get the spotlight. Several academic studies by reputable historians carefully investigate the claims and find serious fault with them. Scholarly refutations are published. These challenges do not see English translation and hence remain largely unknown outside Poland.
Very true. But we need to be careful here as we are comparing apples and oranges. In the case of the Holocaust the voices doubting that it happened are decidedly in the minority lunatic fringe. In the case of Jedwabne we have the opposite where accomplished and respected historians have investigated and criticized the methodology and conclusions arrived at by two writers, neither of which are accredited historians.
The only way to gain an understanding of what actually happened is by weighing the arguments put forth by both camps. Here is the late Tomasz Strzembosz’s study of the topic translated by my friend Mariusz Wesolowski who lives here locally. A worthwhile read:
Tomasz Strzembosz Jedwabne 1941
Regards,
Tony
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