Editorial photo #9989328 Human Interest
Polish Academy Of Sciences
Detail of the Staszic Palace which houses the Polish Academy of Sciences (Polska Akademia Nauk) is seen on 28 April, 2023 in Warsaw, Poland. Barbara Engelking, a Holocaust researcher at the Polish Academy of Sciences in an interview on the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising on broadcaster TVN mentioned that during WWII Polish nationals did not paly a significant role in helping Jews escape persecution from Nazis. Her comment led to the launching of an investigation by the national broadcasting regulator and a decision by Education Minister Czarnek to scrap funding of the Polish Center for Holocaust Research. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto)
