"EU Commission Amends Auschwitz Social Media Post Amid Polish Protests"

Poland asks the European Commission to correct a social media post about the Holocaust after it wrongly linked the Auschwitz death camp to Poland instead of Nazi Germany. The post, made by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, was later amended to refer to "Auschwitz, German Nazi extermination camp" after Polish officials and Holocaust survivors protested the initial wording. Poles are sensitive to any description of Auschwitz that fails to acknowledge it was built by Nazi Germany during its occupation of Poland, and Polish law penalizes anyone wrongly blaming Poles for Nazi Germany's crimes on Polish soil.