FOSTERING A VIBRANT RENEWAL OF JUDAISM IN POLAND
The Forward published Shira Klein’s essay:
The Shocking Truth About Wikipedia’s Holocaust Disinformation.
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For the past few years, a group of Wikipedia editors has been spreading disinformation on the history of the Holocaust. With no obvious ties to any government, they slowly but relentlessly hack away at reason and accuracy to promote ideological zeal, prejudice, and bias. Due to this group’s handiwork, Wikipedia’s coverage of Holocaust history follows a narrative touted by right-wing Polish nationalists. Its articles whitewash the role of Polish society in the Holocaust and bolster stereotypes about Jews, spinning fantastical tales about Jews’ involvement in large-scale crimes against Poles, and wildly inflating the scope of Jewish collaboration with the Nazis. Many editors have tried in vain to change the narrative over the years. How do so few editors – half a dozen at most – get away with twisting the truth?
Dr. Shira Klein, Associate Professor at Chapman University, focuses on Italian Jewry, Jewish migration, and the Holocaust. Her book Italy’s Jews from Emancipation to Fascism (Cambridge University Press, 2018) was selected as a finalist for the 2018 National Jewish Book Award and is under contract to be published in Hebrew. Dr. Klein also works in the digital humanities, especially the study of Wikipedia. Her co-authored article “Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust” in the Journal of Holocaust Research has surpassed 41,000 views and has attracted international media coverage. It is under contract to be translated into Polish and Hebrew. Here is a summary of some of the issues from JTA.
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