Original sentence: Davies's strong views on this matter are believed to be a factor when in 1986 Stanford University refused him a promised tenure at short notice, although the official reason were "scientific flaws" in his work.In particular, he adopted the view that the Holocaust occupies a position in international historiography that tends to minimize the suffering of (non-Jewish) Poles and even denounce them as anti-Semites.In presenting Polish-Russian, Polish-Jewish or Polish-Western conflicts, Davies tends to justify or qualify criticism of the Polish position
Edited sentence: Davies's partially polemical statements on this topic gained him the reputation of an anti-Semite himself.In fact, in presenting Polish-Russian, Polish-Jewish or Polish-Western conflicts, Davies tends to justify or qualify criticism of the Polish position.In particular, he adopted the Polish view that the Holocaust occupies a position in international historiography that tends to minimize the suffering of (non-Jewish) Poles and even denounce them as anti-Semites.This was believed to be a factor when in 1986 Stanford University refused him a promised tenure at short notice, although the official reason were "scientific flaws" in his work