Auschwitz Foundation Files Criminal Complaint Against Polish Lawmaker Who Displayed Israeli Flag with Swastika in Parliament
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A foundation based steps from the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial site has filed criminal and ethics complaints against a far-right Polish lawmaker who displayed an Israeli flag defaced with a Nazi swastika on the floor of parliament on Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation submitted the criminal complaint to the Warsaw prosecutor’s office against Konrad Berkowicz, a member of the Sejm, Poland’s lower house of parliament. The filing alleges violations of Polish statutes prohibiting the promotion of totalitarian ideologies and the incitement of hatred based on nationality, ethnicity or religion. A parallel ethics complaint was submitted to the Sejm seeking disciplinary action against Berkowicz.
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A foundation based steps from the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial site has filed criminal and ethics complaints against a far-right Polish lawmaker who displayed an Israeli flag defaced with a Nazi swastika on the floor of parliament on Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation submitted the criminal complaint to the Warsaw prosecutor’s office against Konrad Berkowicz, a member of the Sejm, Poland’s lower house of parliament. The filing alleges violations of Polish statutes prohibiting the promotion of totalitarian ideologies and the incitement of hatred based on nationality, ethnicity or religion. A parallel ethics complaint was submitted to the Sejm seeking disciplinary action against Berkowicz.