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A journey to the land of oblivion: the Polish Law

A journey to the Land of Oblivion: Following the passing of The Polish Law, Eric Weiss embarks on a journey to the new-old anti-Semitic districts of Poland. In 2001, Professor Jan Tomash Gross published his book "Neighbors", in which for the first time, he brings testimonies from the trial in the early 1960s against the perpetrators of the Jedwabne massacre, a book that was not well received in Poland. Former Polish president Bronisław Komorowski, who was unwilling to accept the Polish government's denial of Poles' culpability lost the presidency in favor of Andji Duda who expressed the populist rejection of...

Director : אריק וייס

Production Year : 2018

Duration : 26

Language : English, Hebrew, Polish