The Polish government’s decision to make accusations of involvement in the Holocaust against its people illegal is historical revisionism of the worst kind, suggests The New York Times' editorial board. Poles’ victimhood to Nazi atrocities alongside Jews is indisputable, but so is their role in anti-Jewish pogroms and killings. The country must come to terms with its involvement in these crimes. Criminalizing the discussion of them is a violation of free speech as well as a worrying attempt to re-write history. This decision reminds of autocratic regimes twisting the truth to suit their interests.