Polish President Andrzej Duda earlier in the day signed the law, which addresses appropriations done by the communist government that ruled Poland from the end of World War II until 1989. AP PHOTOThe law itself says nothing about the Holocaust or World War II. Both the US and Israeli governments had strongly urged Poland not to pass the law and Israel had warned it would harm ties. Defense Minister Defense Minister Benny Gantz, noting that he was the son of Holocaust survivors, said he was "deeply disturbed." Before World War II, Poland was home to Europe's largest Jewish community of nearly 3.5 million people.

Source: Manila Times August 15, 2021 15:44 UTC