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How the Past Became a Battleground of Poland’s Political Present

How the Past Became a Battleground of Poland’s Political Present
People take part in the annual “March of the Living” to commemorate the Holocaust, Oswiecim, Poland, April 12, 2018 (AP photo by Czarek Sokolowski).

In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, and managing editor, Frederick Deknatel, discuss rising tensions between Israel and Iran over Syria and the Iran nuclear deal. For the Report, Annabelle Chapman talks with WPR’s senior editor, Robbie Corey-Boulet, about Poland’s controversial Holocaust memory law, and the role historical memory plays in contemporary Polish politics.

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