The bill’s international critics – which include the U.S. State Department and the Israeli government – argue that the bill will violate freedom of expression. Once the legislation is signed into law, anyone convicted under the law will face fines or up to three years in jail. It is that chapter of history that the Law and Justice Party wants to emphasize. But historians have long argued that it’s not the full story: Some Poles, they say, were complicit in the Nazi crimes. The ruling party’s critics say that the new draft legislation is mainly intended to fuel nationalistic sentiments in the country.

Source: National Post February 06, 2018 15:44 UTC