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Originally Posted by Bucco
in the ceremony awarding a medal of freedom (posthumously) referred to the Nazi death camps as "Polish Death Camps"
"Poles Demand Obama Apology For “Polish Death Camps” Comment"
"The remark, which barely drew notice in America, is all over the Polish news today. On the country's largest television station:"
Poles Demand Obama Apology For "Polish Death Camps" Comment
Polish officials call on Obama to apologize for ‘death camp’ remark | JTA - Jewish & Israel News
In reading a bit more background, I find that among those who should know this term is and has been considered insulting to Poles.
While I am obviously anti Obama my feeble mind went to those folks who have the job of preparing the President for these kind of events. This is something that they should know and should have impressed strongly on him. |
Who cares if the Poles dwell on every word that Obama says? (I'm sorry, Bucco, I know you do.)
Many of the worst Nazi death camps were in Poland, thank you very much. Auschwitz-Birkenau was in Poland. Bełżec was in Poland. Kulmhof was in Poland. Poznań was in Poland. Gross-Rosen was in Poland. Majdanek was in Poland. Płaszów was in Poland. Sobibor, Soldau, Stutthof and Treblinka were in Poland. Warsaw was in Poland. All those concentration and extermination camps were in Poland.
They were Polish death camps! I don't think it takes an English major to figure out that Obama was stating where the death camps were located. He certainly wasn't inferring that the Poles killed the Jews.