nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210403-194729-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210403s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210403-194729-0 doi eng 342 23 Koncewicz, Tomasz Tadeusz Author aut From Captured State to Captive Mind The authoritarian train’s last stop Koncewicz, Tomasz Tadeusz Verfassungsblog 2021-04-03 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Finding two history professors guilty of allegedly defaming the good name of an individual by researching his alleged role in the Holocaust must not be treated as yet another run-of-the-mill litigation instigated by a relative concerned about a tarnished good name. Rather, Poland seems to be entering an unchartered territory of settling the score by way of the long arm of the law. The sacred dignity of the Polish nation hidden under the convenient argument from protecting the “good name” of individuals takes center stage and overshadows the need to have a robust historical discourse. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 Academic Freedom Authoritarianism EU Historic Dispute memor Poland Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/from-captured-state-to-captive-mind/ raw object