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Source: Huffington Post

2-6-17

Mayor of Gdansk says rightwing politicians need to keep their hands off the new Museum of the Second World War

by Pawel Adamowicz

They seem to think it’s not patriotic enough.

Source: NY Review of Books

5-3-16

Yale’s Timothy Snyder denounces the Polish government for sabotaging the Museum of the Second World War

by Timothy Snyder

"The preemptive liquidation of the museum is nothing less than a violent blow to the world’s cultural heritage."