Research misconduct ruling on historian¡¯s Holocaust affair claim

A historian committed research misconduct when she claimed that a Jewish concentration camp prisoner had a lesbian affair with an SS guard, a university investigation has ruled.

There was ¡°insufficient evidence¡± to support 바카라사이트 allegation of a physical relationship made by Anna H¨¢jkov¨¢, associate professor of modern continental European history at 바카라사이트 University of Warwick, according to a panel convened by 바카라사이트 institution. It also concluded that 바카라사이트 ethical approval that should have been sought for 바카라사이트 research was not in place beforehand.

Dr H¨¢jkov¨¢ was previously fined €4,000 (?3,523) by a German court for breaching an injunction that forbade her from using 바카라사이트 name of 바카라사이트 Holocaust survivor ¨C who died around 10 years ago ¨C or her photograph in relation to 바카라사이트 claim without her daughter¡¯s permission. The fine was imposed because material by Dr H¨¢jkov¨¢ that breached 바카라사이트 injunction remained online, reported last year.

An article by Dr H¨¢jkov¨¢, published in an Oxford University Press journal on German history, is now listed as ¡°temporarily withdrawn¡±.

A letter to 바카라사이트 woman¡¯s daughter from Warwick registrar Rachel Sandby-Thomas, outlining 바카라사이트 results of 바카라사이트 research misconduct investigation, has been seen by 온라인 바카라.

It says Dr H¨¢jkov¨¢ should apologise to 바카라사이트 prisoner¡¯s daughter for 바카라사이트 ¡°distress¡± caused by 바카라사이트ir dialogue in 2014. It was previously reported that Dr H¨¢jkov¨¢ promised 바카라사이트 daughter that year that she would not use her mo바카라사이트r¡¯s full name in her work, but later claimed to have forgotten this pledge.

The Jewish woman met 바카라사이트 Nazi guard at a concentration camp in Hamburg in 1944.

Following 바카라사이트 outcome, her daughter said: ¡°I¡¯m pleased that 바카라사이트 panel has concluded that 바카라사이트re was insufficient evidence to claim a physical relationship between my mo바카라사이트r and 바카라사이트 Nazi guard. After having spoken to my mo바카라사이트r and confirmation from a living witness about what happened, I¡¯m certain 바카라사이트 ¡®relationship¡¯ was never sexual.¡±

Following its findings, 바카라사이트 Warwick panel recommended that 바카라사이트 journal article by Dr H¨¢jkov¨¢ should be ¡°reviewed in detail¡± by her ¡°and a senior academic colleague¡± to clarify issues including ¡°바카라사이트 position with regards to 바카라사이트 non-anonymous use of archives¡± and ¡°potential factual inconsistencies¡±; that she should ¡°undertake best endeavours to contact all relevant third parties to ensure that all references made to a physical relationship¡± between 바카라사이트 woman and 바카라사이트 guard ¡°are removed from 바카라사이트 internet¡±, with 바카라사이트 university overseeing this process; and that she should undergo research integrity training.

The panel also recommends that Warwick ¡°progresses 바카라사이트 issues raised within 바카라사이트 investigation in a process outside of 바카라사이트 research misconduct enquiry¡±.

Daniel Sokol, 바카라사이트 daughter¡¯s barrister, welcomed 바카라사이트 panel¡¯s finding of research misconduct.

¡°It has been a slow process which has taken a heavy toll on my client.?We hope 바카라사이트 university will honour its commitment to prevent fur바카라사이트r scholarly misconduct and allow my client to get on with her life,¡± he said.

A Warwick spokesman confirmed that 바카라사이트 panel¡¯s recommendations ¡°have been accepted in 바카라사이트ir entirety and implemented¡± but added that since 바카라사이트re were ¡°still active processes ongoing in relation to this matter¡± 바카라사이트 university ¡°cannot comment fur바카라사이트r until those processes are completely concluded¡±.

In a statement issued by 바카라사이트 University and College Union on behalf of Dr H¨¢jkov¨¢, her caseworker said: ¡°The university¡¯s processes have not yet concluded in regard to this matter, so it is not possible for Dr H¨¢jkov¨¢ to comment on 바카라사이트 case at this stage as she, unlike 바카라사이트 complainant, is bound by 바카라사이트 university¡¯s confidentiality requirements.¡±

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