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The anti-Holocaust speech law in Poland will have exactly the opposite of its intended effect

let the world know, loud and clear, that it was not responsible for the Holocaust to any extent, in any way, shape or form. Poland passed a law outlawing, for example, the phrase “Polish death camps.” Utter or write that phrase and you will be subject to up to three years imprisonment. The president of Poland signed the law. From Poland’s point of view, there were no Polish death camps. Rather, there were German death camps in Poland. A vital and absolute difference, to be sure. From Poland’s point of view, it was unlucky enough to be chosen by the Nazis as the site of the most “successful” of the death camps: more Jews were killed in Poland than in any other country. Poland screams: […]
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