Many Poles fear such phrasing makes some people incorrectly conclude that Poles had a role in running the camps. “I utterly condemn the new Polish law which tries to deny Polish complicity in the Holocaust. There were Polish death camps and no law can ever change that,” Lapid wrote. Holocaust researchers have collected ample evidence of Polish villagers who murdered Jews fleeing the Nazis. “There is no doubt that the term ‘Polish death camps’ is a historical misrepresentation,” the Yad Vashem memorial said.

Source: National Post January 27, 2018 19:37 UTC