Multiple Wikipedia editors banned after writing articles absolving Poland of its role in Holocaust 

Wikipedia has banned three editors from writing articles on Poland during World War II after it was discovered that articles were being written which apparently absolve Poland of its role in the Holocaust. 

The investigation was launched by Wikipedia’s Arbitration Committee after an academic study concluded that the editors in question had propagated misinformation by denying that Polish people contributed to the experience of Jews in the Holocaust. 

The Committee concluded that the editors had breached the community’s code of conduct, yet reportedly refused to comment on the dispute over Poles’ collaboration with the Nazis. 

Controversy over Poland’s role in the Holocaust has recently flared-up again following comments made by Israeli Eurovision finalist Noa Kirel.

Ms Kirel told Israeli media: “Receiving twelve points from Poland after what our people and my family have been through in the Holocaust, it’s a true victory.”

Pawel Jablonski, Poland’s Deputy Foreign Minister, denounced the comment and denied the implication of Poland’s participation in the Holocaust, an accusation which was made a criminal offence in Poland in 2018.

While Poles fought the Nazis and many helped to save Jews, much of the population either actively collaborated with the German-led genocide of the Jewish people or stood by as it took place predominantly on Polish soil during the Nazi occupation.

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