Auschwitz renamed "the Former Nazi German Concentration Camp of Auschwitz"

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Poland wins name change for Auschwitz death camp

WARSAW (Reuters) - The United Nations has agreed to rename Auschwitz concentration camp to stress that Nazi Germans, not Poles, were responsible for the world's most notorious death camp, Poland's Culture Ministry said on Wednesday.

"Auschwitz Concentration Camp", a U.N. heritage site, will be renamed "the Former Nazi German Concentration Camp of Auschwitz", the ministry of culture said in a statement. snip

Warsaw objects to references to "Polish gas chambers" at the "Polish concentration camp" in foreign media. Nearly 3 million non-Jewish Poles died at Nazi hands, and Poles see themselves as victims of the war. snip

This month, Jewish and Polish officials marked anniversaries of two massacres of Jews carried out by Poles before and after World War Two, and some accounts say Poles assisted the Nazis at Auschwitz, where 6,000 died every day during 1944.

[Lerkfish]

1. The Artist, formerly known as Prince, files countersuit.

:)

[CatWoman]

2. damn you!!!

you beat me to it!!!

:rofl:

[uppityperson]

3. Prisoner #94727, formerly known as "presbush" demand 3 pieces fruit

I wish

[Sherman A1]

4. Well

That ends all the confusion for me......Duh.

[BringEmOn]

5. Cubans rename Guantanamo....

"the Former Nazi American Concentration Camp of Guantanamo"

[Caution]

6. While I understand the sentiment

the reality is that though the Guantanamo Bay camp is reprehensible, comparing it to what happened at Auschwitz does a great disservice to those who lived, died and survived one of the most horrific things ever imagined by man.

[The Stranger]

8. True, however, it is also important to understand (if that is possible)

that one is occurring 50 years after lessons were supposedly learned from other, and that one is happening at the hands of the one nation -- above all other nations and in all of history -- known for freedom, liberty, justice and equality.

[BringEmOn]

9. Thank you. You said it better than I could.

[noonwitch]

7. I can understand why the Poles want to make german responsibility obvious

however, the Poles were not exactly known for treating jews well before the Nazis-most of eastern europe was pretty awful to jews prior to WWII.