Association of Jewish Libraries 2024 Conference San Diego

For the past few years, a group of Wikipedia editors have been spreading disinformation on the history of the Holocaust. With no obvious ties to any government, they slowly but relentlessly hack away at reason and accuracy, and promote a narrative touted by right-wing Polish nationalists. Wikipedia articles spin fantastical tales about Jews’ involvement in large-scale crimes against Poles, and wildly inflate the scope of Jewish collaboration with the Nazis. Editors have tried in vain to change the narrative over the years. How do so few editors—half a dozen at most—get away with twisting the truth in the world’s most-viewed source of information?