Edited sentence: " In an interview with the Jewish Telegraph Agency, Lukas suggested that because Jewish historians were so emotionally close to the subject of the Holocaust, it was an impediment for them to write good history of the period."If I were Jewish, maybe I'd have the same problem," he said.He added that even though there was anti-Semitism throughout eastern Europe, the Polish response to the plight of the Jews "was superior to that of most people in Europe at the time.Lukas has said that "being Jewish is an impediment to the writing of good history