Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation Files Criminal & Ethics Complaints ...

Today: April 17, 2026, 4:39 pm 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 victims of the Holocaust. In its complaint, the foundation emphasized that the use of Nazi imagery in Poland, particularly within the national legislature, carries profound legal and historical weight.