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Poland denies report it is freezing controversial Holocaust legislation

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Published: 26 February 2018

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Rejecting Israeli TV report, government spokesperson says law to come into force as planned but confirms Warsaw is sending a team to Jerusalem

Poland said to deny freezing controversial Holocaust law (Times of Israel)
Poland on Sunday reportedly denied an Israeli media claim that it would freeze its controversial new Holocaust law amid a dispute with Jerusalem but confirmed that an official Polish government delegation would fly to Israel in the next few days to discuss the matter with an Israeli team.

Polish government freezes enforcing new Holocaust law at Israel's request, Jerusalem claims (Haaretz)
Polish delegation to arrive in Israel soon to work on comprise to contentious legislation that some say whitewashes Poland's role in the Holocaust

Photo: Jewish inmates of the Lodz ghetto in Nazi-occupied Poland at labour-making baskets (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)
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