Polish prosecutor's office to check MEP Brown for words about Auschwitz

The Polish prosecutor's office is checking the words of Grzegorz Brown, a member of the European Parliament, who in an interview with Wnet radio denied the fact of the extermination of people in the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp. This was announced on Thursday, July 10, by the press service of the ministry.

"The Warsaw District Prosecutor's Office is conducting an investigation into Grzegorz Brown's denial of Nazi crimes committed at the Auschwitz concentration camp," a message on the social network X (former. Twitter).

It is clarified that Brown wants to be prosecuted under Article 55 of the law "On the Institute of National Memory", which provides for punishment in the form of a fine or imprisonment for up to three years.

Peter Tsivinsky, director of the Auschwitz Museum, said Brown's words were "a shameful blow to the memory of all these people: Jews, Poles, Gypsies, Soviet prisoners of war and all other victims."

"This is a clear denial of the historical truth and the introduction of manipulation based on anti-Semitism, lies and hatred into the public discussion. This statement is unworthy not only of a public figure," Onet quoted him as saying.

He also stressed that Brown's words "cannot remain without a firm reaction from the state and all decent people for whom the memory of Auschwitz is of particular importance."

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