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    Polish President Signs Bill Giving Jail Time For Implicating Poland In The Holocaust

    The measure would make it illegal to accuse Poland of complicity in crimes committed by Nazi Germany. First, the controversial legislation will go to constitutional tribunal for review.
    by Emily Sullivan Feb 06, 2018 1 minute
    Poland's President Andrzej Duda announced Tuesday that he would sign a controversial Holocaust bill which has sparked tensions with Israel, the U.S. and Ukraine.

    Polish president President Andrzej Duda signed a bill on Tuesday that authorizes jail time for people convicted of suggesting the country was complicit in the Holocaust.

    Poland is the location of several former concentration campus, including Auschwitz-Birkenau, where account for of all Jews killed in the Holocaust.

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