Contemporary history on trial
Is it right for historians to serve as ''expert witnesses'' to past events?
Since the end of the Cold War, a series of heated and politicised debates across Europe have questioned the ''truth'' about painful episodes in the twentieth century. From the Holocaust to Srebrenica, inquiries and fact-finding commissions have become a common device employed by governments to deal with the pressure of publ...
Is it right for historians to serve as ''expert witnesses'' to past events?
Since the end of the Cold War, a series of heated and politicised debates across Europe have questioned the ''truth'' about painful episodes in the twentieth century. From the Holocaust to Srebrenica, inquiries and fact-finding commissions have become a common device employed by governments to deal with the pressure of publ...