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Fatal fake news in a Holocaust book. Publisher withdraws edition, reporter apologizes

11.07.2024 16:50
Wydawnictwo Czarne decided to withdraw the first edition of the book "Opaque: Stories of Rural Photography" by Agnieszka Pajączkowska due to an error concerning Franciszek Kulp. Apologies were printed in "Gazeta Wyborcza" regarding this matter.
The publisher Wydawnictwo Czarne withdrew the first edition of Agnieszka Pajączkowskas book Opaque: Stories of Rural Photography due to a mistaken identification of Franciszek Kulp, issuing apologies in Gazeta Wyborcza and agreeing to remove the controversial chapter linking him erroneously with another individual involved in Holocaust atrocit
The publisher Wydawnictwo Czarne withdrew the first edition of Agnieszka Pajączkowska's book "Opaque: Stories of Rural Photography" due to a mistaken identification of Franciszek Kulp, issuing apologies in "Gazeta Wyborcza" and agreeing to remove the controversial chapter linking him erroneously with another individual involved in Holocaust atrocitMat.wydawcy

The author mistakenly identified photographer Franciszek Kulp with another individual of the same name, who was a commander of the Volunteer Fire Department (OSP) and involved in the Holocaust.

In accordance with the settlement, Wydawnictwo Czarne committed to fully withdrawing the current edition of the book and removing the controversial chapter "How what I know changes what I see," where the incorrect identification of two different individuals with the same name and surname occurred.

Franciszek Kulpa, an amateur photographer and organist born in 1890 in Gniewczyna, residing in Kosina and later in Białobrzegi, was falsely accused by Agnieszka Pajączkowska of a terrible crime.

The reporter mistakenly linked his identity with that of another individual, born later and unrelated to him, who was the commander of the Volunteer Fire Department in Gniewczyna.

This individual's subordinates were involved in the apprehension and killing of Jews in Gniewczyna in 1942, as reported by rynek-ksiazki.pl.


Source: rynek-ksiazki.pl


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