Polish senators have backed a new law that will jail people who link Poles to Nazi-era crimes.
The senators on early Thursday (1 February) approved the controversial bill, which still needs to be signed into law by president Andrzej Duda.
Anyone who claims a Nazi concentration camp in Poland is 'Polish' could face a three-year prison term, if the bill is signed into law.
Although exceptions for "artistic and scientific" activities are included, using the term "Polish death ...
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