Descendants of Auschwitz prisoners oppose ex-Polish leader on museum council
Descendants of Auschwitz prisoners oppose ex-Polish leader on museum council
In response to the appointment of former Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo, now a member of the right-wing Law and Justice Party, four members of the advisory council have recently resigned.
Former Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
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(May 4, 2021 / JNS) Relatives of former Auschwitz concentration-camp prisoners stand against the appointment of a Polish politician to an advisory council for the state-run Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in Poland.
Former Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo, who is now a member of the European Parliament for Poland’s ruling right-wing Law and Justice Party, was appointed in April to a nine-member council of experts that advise the director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum. In response to her appointment, three members of the advisory council recently resigned, followed by a fourth resignation reported this week, according to