Poland Polish Holocaust law is about the truth Poland’s ambassador Arkady Rzegocki defends his country’s new legislation related to the fight against the term ‘Polish camps’ in foreign media Holocaust survivors protest at the Polish embassy in Tel Aviv against Poland’s Amended Act on the Institute of National Remembrance. Photograph: Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP/Getty ImagesI was surprised to see the public appeal by Polish opposition politicians and intellectuals about the Amended Act on the Institute of National Remembrance (Letters, 6 February). The new law does not set a precedent. Legislation penalising, for example, Holocaust denial is also reflected in the legal systems of other European countries. According to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of Holocaust denial, this is not only a denial that the Holocaust took place, but also a distortion of historical truth about its perpetrators and its circumstances.

Source: The Guardian February 09, 2018 16:41 UTC