You are referring to
Jedwabne?
As to the article itself: Could it have a more idiotic title? How can one "win" a name change? What was second prize?
Personally, I think the name change on some obscure UN list doesn't matter much at all. I think that either way the subject of Auschwitz should be worth 5 minutes of one's time to explain what happened there and, of course, who the perpetrators were. If that's asking to much, maybe one better shouldn't mention Auschwitz at all...