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* 74 After the renewal of democracy in Poland and the collapse of Communist dictatorship, the country courageously moved to face its tragic past . The delicate issue of the relationship between suffering Polish people and the persecuted Jews, which occurred on Polish soil under the Nazi occupation, became a central research topic among Polish, Jewish and Israeli historians . Joined Polish - Israeli projects of holocaust education and commemoration of Nazi horrors developed over the years . These projects went side by side and even strengthened the diplomatic, economic, military, touristic and cultural ties between Poland and Israel . However, precisely when it seems that both countries got close to each other, residues of the troubled past cause tension and even crisis between the parties, thus preventing them to move to an ideal post - conflict paradigm when facing their past . The issues of antisemitism and the degree of Polish collaboration with the Nazis produced a crisis between the two governments . It led to heated debate between historians and researchers from both sides who not necessarily identified with the voices of their respective governments . The case seems as a classic example of an uneasy move toward post - conflict, halting by strong unbridgeable residues of conflict over the past that, despite good intentions, seems unlikely to overcome . Hence, the many achievements resulting from facing a troubled past in a bona fide spirit, are still producing anger and mutual accusation on both sides . 22 Similar obstacles appeared within a given country that aim to adopt a post conflict and reconciled approach toward its troubled past . Spain encountered enormous difficulties to come to term with its civil war legacy, especially when its government attempted to remove sites of memory that glorified Nationalist monument that Franco erected . Chile and Argentine are facing many difficulties in their history curriculum that focus on the human right violations during the military dictatorships, because so many of its current state officials were not only victims of the regime, but supported it in the Guyver and Taylor ( eds . ) , History WarsinClassrooms , pp . 107 - 124 ; Peter Seixas, “A Modest Proposal for Change in Canadian History Education”, Teaching History, 137 ( 2009 ) , pp . 26 - 30 . Rachel Donadio, “ A Museum Becomes a Battlefield over Poland’s History ,” New York 22 Times ( 9 November 2016 ) . Retrieved from : https : / / www . nytimes . com / 2016 / 11 / 10 / arts / design / museum - of - the - second - world - war - in - poland - debate . html ; Marcin Król, “The Past is Not a Foreign Country”, Index on Censorship , pp . 74 - 76 ; Noa Landau, “ Visegrad Summit in Israel Canceled After Poland Pulls Out , ) 2017 ( 1 46, Over Holocaust Row, ” Haaretz ( 18 February 2019 ) . Retrieved from : https : / / www . haaretz . com / israel - news / . premium - visegrad - summit - in - israel - canceled - says - czech - prime - minister - 1 . 6942500 ; Larry Ray and Sł awomir Kapralski “ Introduction to the Special Issue – Disputed Holocaust Memory in Poland, ” Holocaust Studies , 25, 3 ( 2019 ) , pp . 209 - DOI : 10 . 1080 / 17504902 . 2019 . 1567657 . 219,
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