The US Ambassador in Warsaw Stephen Mull was forced to apologize for the words of FBI Director James Comey of involvement in the persecution of the Jews in Poland during World War II. The diplomat stressed that no one except the Nazi Germany, is not responsible for the Holocaust.
The US Ambassador in Warsaw Stephen Mull was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland, where he met with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, in connection with the statement FBI Director James Comey about the involvement of the Poles to the Holocaust. “I made it clear: the notion that Poland in any way responsible for the Holocaust, not the official position of the United States . Nazi Germany bears this responsibility alone,” – said the diplomat after the meeting.
“Now I have much work” – Daily Mail quoted the US ambassador. “Any suggestion that countries other than Nazi Germany, were responsible for the Holocaust, is wrong, harmful and offensive “, – the diplomat said.
The sharp reaction of the Polish government was caused by the statement the head of the FBI James Comey. “Murderers and their assistants from Germany, Poland, Hungary and many other places do not think that doing something bad,” – he said at a speech at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in the United States.
The Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski said that these words indicates a lack of historical knowledge and are insulting to thousands of Poles , who helped Jews. Polish Embassy in the United States sent in connection with the statement of the Komi official protest.
Earlier outrage Poles called US President Barack Obama, who called the Nazi concentration camp in occupied Poland Polish death camp. The government closely monitors such statements and sharply reacts to them: even if Poland will appear only as the location of the object, may give the impression that the country responsible for the Holocaust.
No comments:
Post a Comment