Poland Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/category/news/poland/ An international non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world. Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:38:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Poland Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/category/news/poland/ 32 32 59910430 Appeal for the Release of Russian Archaeologist Aleksandr Butyagin Detained in Poland https://concernedscientists.org/2025/12/appeal-for-the-release-of-russian-archaeologist-aleksandr-butyagin-detained-in-poland/ Mon, 15 Dec 2025 19:59:49 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=10723 Polish authorities have arrested a prominent Russian academic from St Petersburg’s world-famous Hermitage Museum who is sought by Ukraine for allegedly conducting illegal excavations and partially destroying the ancient city of Myrmekion in Crimea.Read more

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]]> 10723 Poland Revokes Funding for Polish Academy of Sciences Institute for Studying the Holocaust Accurately. https://concernedscientists.org/2023/07/poland-revokes-funding-for-polish-academy-of-sciences-institute-for-studying-the-holocaust-accurately/ Wed, 05 Jul 2023 14:53:29 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=9894 Barbara Engelking, a world-renowned scholar of the Holocaust in Poland and the Director of the Polish Centre for Holocaust Research, recently stated on television that Jews received limited support from other Poles during the Holocaust. In retaliation for contradicting the viewpoints of their leaders, the Polish government revoked funding to the unit of the Polish […]

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]]> 9894 Respected Psychology Professor Denied Full Professorship for Publishing Holocaust Research https://concernedscientists.org/2022/07/respected-psychology-professor-denied-full-professorship-for-publishing-holocaust-research/ Wed, 06 Jul 2022 03:06:44 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=9599 Michal Bilewic is a professor of psychology at the University of Warsaw. Despite his accomplishments, his application for full professorship has been put in limbo, because the head of state will not approve of it, likely due to his research involving Poland and the Holocaust. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/05/27/polish-president-delays-academics-promotion

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]]> 9599 Polish Government Threatens to Strip Honor from Historian https://concernedscientists.org/2016/02/polish-government-threatens-to-strip-honor-from-historian/ Mon, 22 Feb 2016 16:39:44 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4842 Prominent Princeton-based Historian, Jan Gross is threatened with having his state honor, the Order of Merit he received in 1996, stripped from him by the Polish President. ​The Polish government, taking a turn to the right, is trying to deny the historical facts of the Holocaust and Poland’s involvement in it. Gross has written many […]

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