‘At the Crossroads’: Jedwabne and Polish Historiography of the Holocaust
@article{Michlic2017AtTC,
title={‘At the Crossroads’: Jedwabne and Polish Historiography of the Holocaust},
author={Joanna Beata Michlic},
journal={Dapim: Studies on the Holocaust},
year={2017},
volume={31},
pages={296 - 306}
}In 2009, the eminent Polish historian Jerzy Jedlicki used the word ‘powerlessness’ (bezradnośc)1 to describe how difficult it is to disseminate historical accounts of the uncomfortable and dark asp...
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