A series of research projects dealing with Polish Jewry during the Nazi occupation in World War II has been approved by the Polish Minister for Culture and the Arts. Lucian Motika, it was disclosed in Warsaw today by Dr. Simon Datner, recently-appointed director of the Jewish Historical Institute. Mr. Motika is in charge of implementing Poland’s laws dealing with the preservation of archives and cultural relics.
Dr. Datner said that despite a reduced staff, the Institute would be able to pursue a number of projects. These will include compilation of a complete list of Jewish communities destroyed by the Nazis; a list of Polish Jews who perished either as resistance fighters or in the armed forces of nations fighting the Hitlerites; a chronological list of the major events in the life of Polish Jewry during the Nazi era; a list of war criminals who committed crimes against Jews and Poles; and a history of Polish Jewry with special reference to its participation in revolutionary movements.
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