Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation Files Criminal & Ethics Complaints Against Konrad Berkowicz After Nazi Symbol Display in Polish Parliament

ACCESS Newswire 17 Apr 2026, 17:33 GMT+10 WARSAW, PL / ACCESS Newswire / April 17, 2026 / The Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation (AJCF) filed a criminal complaint with Polish prosecutors on Wednesday, April 15, against far-right lawmaker Konrad Berkowicz after he displayed an Israeli flag defaced with a Nazi swastika inside Poland's parliament, drawing immediate condemnation from lawmakers across the political spectrum. The complaint, submitted to the Warsaw prosecutor's office by the foundation's Polish entity, Fundacja Edukacyjne Centrum Żydowskie w Oświęcimiu (the Auschwitz Jewish Center in Poland), alleges violations of Polish laws prohibiting the promotion of totalitarian ideologies and the incitement of hatred on the basis of nationality, ethnicity, or religion. AJCF also filed a separate ethics complaint with the Sejm, urging disciplinary action. The filings can be found at: The incident occurred on Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, as Holocaust survivors, officials, and thousands of students from around the world gathered at Auschwitz-Birkenau to commemorate the