and poland backs legislation making it a crime to claim polls were complicit in the holocaust israel has sharply condemned the move saying no law would change the facts. i'm brian thomas a warm welcome to the show on just over half of germans thank chancellor on the macro should stay on at the country's helm but polls indicate her approval rating is sinking more than four months after germany's national elections she still has not managed to form a new government and germans are losing patience the numbers while they are even worse for her potential coalition partners the social democrats germany's largest center left party is looking at its lowest approval ratings ever. germany's social democrats need to regroup they're still the second largest party in parliament but their standing has been flagging since the party's poor election results last september the latest polls suggest if people voted now chancellor angela merkel's conservatives would score thirty three percent of the vote far ahead of the s.p.d. which would get only eighteen percent and that's just four points ahead of th

to be able to maintain the memory of the holocaust isn't what really happened during the years of the forty five jews who murder and poles were helping israel's holocaust memorial yad vashem pays tribute to nearly seven thousand poles who didn't save their jewish neighbors at the height of the holocaust but one of israel's leading scholars on the period says many more poles were complicit and corinth research shows us that many of those jews were killed not because of the german something they were handed to the germans but by poorly citizens by poles who found them to polish government this bill is an effort to stop a defeated occupied nation from being defamed as a partner in the nazi genocide to israelis it seems like an attempt to shield thousands of polish citizens from blame or a force that al-jazeera west jerusalem. german politicians have voted to allow refugees to start bringing their closest relatives into the country later this year a decision it's hope will end the nation's political deadlock they she's been a major hurdle in ongoing talks to form a new government paul brennan has more from berlin. the refugee protest outside the

israel says it's adamantly opposed to a polish bill that would make it illegal to suggest it was complicit in the nazi holocaust poland's upper house back the draft legislation despite objections from israel and from the united states how the foresaid has more on how the move is being perceived in israel. in the early hours of thursday morning polish senators voted to pass a bill that israel says is designed to hide the truth about poland's role in the holocaust nazi occupied poland was the second world war site of some of the worst horrors of the holocaust the concentration camp at auschwitz birkenau has become its most potent symbol but poland objects to terms such as polish death camps instead of nazi ones pointing out poles were victims of invasion then occupation as motivation it will grow we are very sad and surprised our fight for the truth for the dignity of poles is perceived and interpreted in this way. the bill would punish without the three years' imprisonment anyone accusing the polish nation of complicity in the extermination of the jews the domestic opponents of the proposed law its terms to groo

by approving a bill that would impose jail terms for suggesting poland was complicit in the holocaust israel's called it an attempt to challenge historical truth we hope you stay with us here on the route one o one east is coming up next of course you can check our web site twenty four seventh's seize it. head of the september twenty fourth national election survey showed job as a satisfied with the state of their economy this is easily a star news biggest tech success story the company was bought by microsoft in two thousand and eleven we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera. there the children with nowhere to go and no one to care for them. in china the sons and daughters of jailed criminals are often left shunned and alone for some a shelter in beijing is the closest they'll get to a place they can call home. i'm steve cho on this episode a one on one east we meet the children growing up without their parents. to. say will you if you can you know. it's. coming right down. in china when parents go to jail there is n

holocaust. while there is no suggestion that poland willfully colluded with the nazis israel's holocaust memorial yad vashem says the polish bill is liable to blur the historical truth regarding the assistance the germans received from the polish population the bill that aims to defend poland's wartime image must now be approved by the president who has previously indicated his support shown how al-jazeera still to come on the program. not according to research is in the fishing of reefs is driving some species to extinction. twenty a russian athletes have the lifetime. overturned but they're not invited to the. hello there it's turning colder once more for some of us in the southeastern parts of china the winds are feeding down from the north but shanghai will still get to sixty breeze on friday six degrees rather cloudy and then as that cloud sinks its way southwards and the winds down the temperatures will drop away once more so shanghai is a maximum one degree that is cold and then further south we're also seeing that cool air digging here as well so hong kong's maximum just around twelve or

by approving a bill that would impose jail terms for suggesting poland was complicit in the holocaust israel's called it an attempt to challenge historical truth twenty eight russian athletes have had their lifetime bans from a limp explored overturned because of insufficient evidence comes just a week away from the winter olympic games stay with us here borders of blood is coming up next the latest. oh. ok donna claimed the front photo of british as mr jinnah governor general of the new dominion arrives at the constituent assembly in karachi. august nine hundred forty seven. a century of british rule over its indian empire comes to an end guest of honor in the muslim capital while older laid him out of bed carrying out one of our loves buys regal guilt is all the partition of india took effect. the new nation of pakistan his school. meanwhile in the stage was set all british role to give pays for the bill dominion of india. a date leader across a newly drawn border leader's celebrate the birth of the republic of india. freed from colonial rule the creation of these two countries completes a l

victims of the nazis the bill has caused outrage in israel which calls it and it's him to rewrite history a foretaste of the fallout from the new polish holocaust bill israel's ambassador leaving a meeting with the speaker of the senate in a hurry not making nice. the vote in the polish senate was decisive fifty seven in favor twenty three against two abstentions but it may not be the quick fix the government would like. poland has long struggled with the legacy of nazi run death camps on its soil like auschwitz birkenau where more than a million jews and others died poland was one of the countries most affected by nazi atrocities and many here feel they've been unfairly branded as villains. and it hasn't gone down well when american politicians among others refer to polish death camps from many years of history has been falsified it has been presented in a false way we did this for the poles for our dignity and truth. but the bill's passage comes on the heels of holocaust commemorations at auschwitz even though poles weren't in charge of death camps on their territory some poles helped the nazis in their goal of killing all of europe's jews ma

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and poland backs legislation making it a crime to claim poles were complicit in the holocaust israel has sharply condemned the move saying no law will change the facts. but also on the show a special report from malta more than three months after the murder of an anti corruption journalist v.w. meets local residents carry news on the fight against organized crime. and saving the olympics italy lends a snowmaking hand to make sure there's plenty of stuff on the slopes for the winter games in south korea. bryan thomas a very warm welcome to the show. just over half of germans think for all america should stay on at the conference helm but polls indicate her approval rating is thinking more than four months after germany's national actions she still has not managed to form a new government and germans are losing patience the numbers are even worse for her potential coalition partners the social democrats germany's largest center left party is looking at its worst ever approval ratings. germany social democrats need to regroup they're still the second largest party in parliament but thei

controversial bill has been passed in poland to outlaw any suggestion of polish complicity in the nazi holocaust. israelobjected to the draft law, which would also make it illegal to describe nazi death camps in poland as polish. critics say it seeks to limit discussion about polish involvement. the bill has yet to be signed into law. the driver of the crop was killed, four people were injured. among those on board was paul ryan. 11 people have died after a fire broke out at a residence for elderly people in northern japan. the victims, eight men and three women, were among 16 residents of the facility in sapporo, on the island of hokkaido. the other five residents escaped with minor injuries. let's turn to our top business story — facebook. the world's biggest social network has got bigger still, with another massive jump in the amount of money it's making, as yet more people around the world sign up. but despite some more mind boggling figures, facebook revealed its users are spending less time on the network. dr stephanie hare is an independent political risk analyst. is that a new trend or a blip? g

approving a bill that would impose jail terms for suggesting that poland was complicit in the holocaust israel has called it an attempt to challenge historical truth the bill has also drawn concern from the united states twenty eight russian athletes have had their lifetime bans from a limping sport overturned because of insufficient evidence the decision was made by the court of arbitration for sport after an appeal last month that comes just over a week away from the winter olympic games in pyongyang i say without syria got more coming up inside story is next. imprisoned without charge in saudi arabia dozens of political and free speech activists are held provoking calls for the united nations to suspend the kingdom from the human rights council has only happened once before with libya will the u.n. acts again this is inside story. the at the at. the at. oh they're welcome to the program i'm laura carlisle two british lawyers have published a thirty one page report outlining how saudi arabia has breached international law the report accuses police of arresting dozens of political and free sp

by approving a bill that would impose jail terms for suggesting poland was complicit in the holocaust israel's called it an attempt to challenge the historical truth that's it from a stay with out of the streams that. hi i'm femi oke a little overweight afghanistan's capital kabul has been hit by four major attacks killing almost one hundred fifty people pushing an already angry population to dispatch after more than sixteen years of violence and political turmoil why does the war look no closer to ending we'll speak with a panel of afghans to ask that question and here in the stream live on al-jazeera and you tube be sure to send us your comments and questions and we'll try to get them into today's show before we started the conversation take a look at this video from our colleagues at a.j. plus. you don't miss anything that goes along with. along with you. as you just saw the afghan civilians are often the victims when bombs go off and elsewhere the war in afghanistan is complex attacks a carried out by groups including the taliban i still afghan officials often blame pakistan's intelligence

the bill has caused outrage in israel was called it an attempt to rewrite history. reporter: a new taste from the polish holocaustl, israel's ambassador leading -- leaving after a speaking with the senate, not making nice. >> the vote in the polish senate was decisive, 57 in favor, 23 against, two abstentions, but it may not be the quick fix the government would like. reporter:: has long struggled with the legacy of nazi death camps on its soil where millions died. poland was one of the countries most affected, and they feel they have been unfairly branded as villains. it has not gone down well when american politicians among others refer to polish death camps. for many years history has been falsified. it has been presented in a false way. we did this for the poles, for our dignity and truth. but the passage comes on the heels of holocaust commemoration in auschwitz. even though poles were not in charge of death camps on their territory, some help with the goal of killing all the jews. many feel this new bill will brush history under the rug. >> what does this bill say, jews were not killed in poland with the ai

nations joined in annual remembrance of the holocaust with a minute of silence while there is no suggestion that poland willfully colluded with the nazis israel's holocaust memorial yad vashem says the polish bill is liable to blur the historical truth regarding the assistance the germans received from the polish population the bill that aims to defend poland's wartime image must now be approved by the president who has previously indicated his support and a whole al-jazeera u.k. prime minister to resign may has meant to chinese president xi jinping in beijing on the second day of her three day visit the two leaders and their partners took part of a traditional chinese tea ceremony discussing a potential trade deal as the u.k. prepares for life outside the european union may has brought a delegation of more than fifty business leaders with her there are rising tensions in south africa's drought hit city cape town with one person being arrested after a fight broke out at a natural spring residence have been flocking to the spring to collect water due to a severe water shortage and new restrictions were introduced on thursday in an attempt to avo

poland has fallen to diplomatic rile with israel after its senate approved a bill making it illegal to suggest it was complicit in the holocaust the upper house back the draft legislation despite objections from israel and the us harry force it has more now on how the development is being received in israel. in the early hours of thursday morning polish senators voted to pass a bill that israel says is designed to hide the truth about poland's role in the holocaust nazi occupied poland was the second world war site of some of the worst horrors of the holocaust the concentration camp at auschwitz birkenau has become its most potent symbol but poland objects to terms such as polish death camps instead of nazi ones pointing out poles were victims of invasion then occupation is what it is move. we are very sad and surprised our fight for the truth for the dignity of poles is perceived and interpreted in this way. the bill would punish with up to three years' imprisonment anyone accusing the polish nation of complicity in the extermination of the jews the domestic opponents of the proposed law its terms to group this. sort of publi

israel adamantly opposed to a polish bill that would make it illegal to suggest it was complicit in the nazi holocaust poland's upper house back the draft legislation despite objections from israel and the us reports. the polish senate voted overwhelmingly to approve new holocaust legislation that makes it a crime to refer to wartime nazi extermination camps as being polish or to accuse poland of complicity in the atrocities of the third reich. israel has condemned it the foreign ministry saying on twitter israel views with utmost gravity any attempt to challenge historical truth no law will change the facts but poland's ruling party denies the charge pointing out that academic research and artistic expression are exempt but the. research of the past is not threatened in any way talking about the past and analyzing it even the darkest most shameful part of the polish past is not threatened in any way opposition m.p.'s warned the bill was an attack on free speech there was a reason. they cannot be any law that will suppress the discussion this bill is worded in such a way that discussion can be suppres

israel hased angrily after the polish senate approved a controversial law on the holocaust. one israeli official calledor israel's ambassador to warsaw to be recalled. the bill makes it a criminal offense to accuse poland of complicity with nazi germany. it still has to be signed into law. reporter: "work makes you free." the sign in german above the entrance to the auschwitz death camp in poland. million jewish people an others were murdered here and elsewhere the holocaust. poland has long insisted it s ameless and these camps were run by occupying german forces. now what controversial bill has been passed by polish lawmakers to ban any suggestion of polish city in the nazi holocau and make it illegal to describe the death camps in poland as polish. the polish government says then legislatms to stop theor polish peopltate being blamed for nazi crimes. >> talking about the past and analyzing this past and even the darkest and shameful part of the polish past, is not threatened in any way. poland is a democratic state respecting the freedom of public debate, respecting scient

with the lower house first approving this bill the day before the holocaust remembrance day really did cause a huge ruction here in israel the government calling in the deputy ambassador reprimanding him benjamin netanyahu saying that history cannot be changed that it is forbidden to deny the holocaust now as you are hearing from poland's perspective what they're trying to do is clear their name they say that phrases such as polish death camps are a slur against the polish nation and must not be allowed to be uttered and that there are broader accusations of polish complicity as a state that cannot be allowed to stand but what we're hearing from this side of the equation of course the holocaust being such an enormous part of jewish and indeed israeli history and consciousness of the people here in this nation the idea that somehow poles who were complicit of being given a free pass by this legislation is one which has been taken extremely seriously there is all sorts of historical research that's going on here which seems to suggest that complicity was more widespread than has been reported in the past all the guarantees

holocaust. but the senior historian had israel's holocaust museum says the subject is best dealt with through educationnot legislation. >> they are trying to rewrite the narrative and not deal with the difficult subject of cases where people who were victims also became perpetrators or at least accomplices. >> some israel is calling on prime minister benjamin netanyahu to recall the ambassador to poland in protest. >> bret: david lee miller, thank you. we are eight days from the start of the winter olympics in south korea. some big movement today on two france. russia may be getting some of its band athletes back in north korea submarkets athletes across from the world's most heavily protected borders. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot has the story. >> ... diplomacy on the peninsula. athletes arriving in south korea ahead of next week's tour olympics. skiers, skaters and others participating with those from the south along with joint cultural events, the aim is to improve tense relations between the countries. stick with the opening ceremony will stage in the traditional but also that o

holocaust. nazi death camps were built and operated after germany invaded poland, home to europe's largestjewish community at the time, in 1939. israelple from speaking the truth about the holocaust. the bill has yet to be signed into law. russell trott reports. work makes you free— the sign in german above the entrance of the death camp in poland. 6 million jewish people and others were murdered here and elsewhere in the holocaust. allen insists it was blameless. now, a controversial bill has been passed by polish lawmakers to ban any suggestion of complicity in the nazi holocaust and make it illegal to describe the death camps as polish. the government says the legislation aims to stop the polish people or state being blamed for nazi crimes. translation: talking about the past and analysing this past, even the darkest, most shameful part, is not threatened in any way. poland is a democratic state respecting scientific research, the right to criticism. at a memorial service at the un, 73 yea rs a memorial service at the un, 73 years after the end of the war, holocaust survivors remembered its big —— victims. israel has objected to t

israel says it's adamantly opposed to a polish bill that would make it illegal to suggest poland was complicit in the nazi holocaust or house back the draft legislation despite objections from israel and the us the bill is signed into law by the president some offenses can carry jail sentences of up to three years not just for show research of the past is not threatened in any way talking about the past and analyzing this past even the darkest shameful part of the polish past is not present in any way poland is a democratic state of law respecting the freedom of public debate respecting scientific research respecting the right to criticism. of our no this law has a very wide scope of application it may also refer to the discussion about history which takes place in every country also in poland especially about the newest history about the times of the nazi occupation this public discussion should take place without any obstacles you cannot take place under the supervision of the prosecutor on the pole and says it's trying to restore its reputation and clear its name in history so here's a reminder of history poland

gaza when obama said it he was a media the accused by right wing groups of setting up israel for another holocaust as president obama abandon israel after strong support by eleven consecutive american presidents it appears obama has moved sharply toward israel's enemies and the results could be disastrous the leader of hezbollah has vowed to finish the job it was started up to now america's strong backing of israel made that impossible but with obama's waffling for the second holocaust. it's a pretty ingenious tactic how you supposed to have a rational discussion about the occupation when pro israel extremists call the sixty seven borders exporters. these are the two alternatives you're either going to now switching to support israel because israel was in fact created in the wake of the holocaust isn't that extraordinary that the two would be that way i have a problem with the idea of exploiting the link and using those six million jews and almost in my mind it's like saying and frankly we want the occupation to continue we are a nation that rose from the ashes of the holocaust. when we say never

but israel says it's adamantly opposed to a polish bill that would make it illegal to suggest it was complicit in the nazi holocaust poland's upper house back the draft legislation despite objections from israel and the us jonah hill reports. the polish senate voted overwhelmingly to approve new holocaust legislation that makes it a crime to refer to wartime nazi extermination camps as being polish or to accuse poland of complicity in the atrocities of the third reich. israel has condemned it the foreign ministry saying on twitter israel views with utmost gravity any attempt to challenge historical truth no law will change the facts but poland's ruling party denies the charge pointing out that academic research and artistic expression are exempt but. research of the past is not threatened in any way talking about the past and analyzing it even the darkest most shameful part of the polish past is not threatened in any way opposition m.p.'s warned the bill was an attack on free speech there was a. there cannot be any law that will suppress the discussion this bill is worded in such a way that discussion can be suppre

controversial new law in poland that makes it illegal to hold the country responsible for the holocaust has provoked with israel poland's prime minister added fuel to the fire by suggesting jews were among the perpetrators of wartime atrocities israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu has slammed the claim it's not going to be punishable not going to be seemed. to say that there were polish perpetrators as there were jewish perpetrators as there were russian perpetrate perpetrators are there were ukrainian not only german perpetrators but the usual issue of the polish prime minister's remarks here in munich are outrageous there is a problem here of an inability to understand history and a lack of sensitivity to the tragedy of our people the president of the conference of european rabbis has also slammed the polish leader's remarks what was said by the polish prime minister is totally unacceptable to jews perpetrators of the holocaust is unacceptable to any person who knows history knows you want to build a future and we did not expect the polish prime minister to say such things as mentioned the new law bans

controversial legislation making it a crime to suggest poles were complicit in the holocaust the move has angered israel we'll hear from these i mean visa said. i'm bored coffin's good to have you with us we begin in poland the lawmakers there have backed a controversial bill criminalizing anyone who suggests that poland or its people work implicit in nazi war crimes under the bill people who speak of polish death camps for example could receive a three year prison sentence poland's ruling party says that the legislation is needed to ensure that poles are recognised as victims of the nazis the move has caused outrage in israel which calls it an attempt to rewrite history. the vote in the polish senate was decisive fifty seven in favor twenty three against two abstentions but it may not be the quick fix the government would like. paul and as long struggled with the legacy of nazi run death camps on its soil like auschwitz birkenau where more than a million jews and others died poland was one of the countries most affected by nazi atrocities and many here feel they've been unfairly branded as villains and

a terrorist more of eki said they were jewish as well as polish perpetrators of the holocaust relations between israel and poland are already tense only and senate passed a controversial law last month making it illegal to assign responsibility to the polish state for crimes committed by the german third reich. the funerals have been held for two palestinian teenagers shot and killed by israeli forces in gaza the deaths of added to the tension on the gaza israeli border following an explosion that injured four israeli soldiers on saturday israel blames hamas for the attack and carried out a series of ground and air strikes on eighteen hamas targets in southern gaza several palestinians were hurt in those attacks however it's not known if the teenagers shot dead on sunday or involved in the attack on the israeli soldiers are a force that has more from the funerals in iraq. over here for the funerals of two young palestinian men two seventeen year olds one is selim. the other a dealer i will shaker and hundreds of people have turned out to commemorate their lives there was shot by israeli fire at the bo

president of poland signed a law today that makes it illegal to blame the polish nation for holocaust crimes. israel and the u.s. argued the law whitewashes polish collaboration with nazi invaders orld war ii. but president andrzej duda joinh far-right nationalist groups, insisting poles were not responsible for what the nazis did. >> ( translated ): this is my k cision. i this is a solution which, on one hand, secures polish interests-- our dignity, historical truth, that we are judged fairly in the world and that we should not be blamed as a >> yang: the measure would impose prison sentences of up to three years for using such phrases as "polish death camps." back in this country, the u.s. house of representatives voted to revamp how it handlme sexual hara claims. from now on, house members themselves, and not taxpayers, will have to foot the billo settle harassment cases. in addition, employees no longer have to undergo counseling and mediation before pursuing a claim. and, spacex scored a coup today, launching the world's largest operating rocket. the "falcon heavy" blasted off from cape canaver

holocaust. nazi death camps were built and operated after germany invaded poland — home to europe‘s largest jewish community at the time, in 1939. israel german above the entrance to the auschwitz death camp in poland. 6 million jewish people and others were murdered here and elsewhere in the holocaust. poland has long insisted it was blameless and these camps were run entirely by occupying german forces. now a controversial bill has been passed by polish lawmakers to ban any suggestion of polish complicity in the nazi holocaust. and make it illegal to describe the death camps in poland as polish. the polish government says the legislation aims to stop the polish people or state being blamed for nazi crimes. translation: talking about the past and analysing this past, even the darkest, shameful part of the polish past, is not threatened in any way. poland is a democratic state, respecting the freedom of public debate, respecting scientific research, respecting the right to criticism. at a memorial ceremony at the united nations, 73 years after the end of the war, holocaust survivors remembered its victims. israel, which has honoured mo

conference the prime minister said there were jewish as well as polish the traitors of the holocaust relations between israel and poland are already tense poland senate passed a controversial or last month making it illegal to assign responsibility to the polish state for crimes committed by the german reich. the funerals have been held for two palestinian teenagers shot dead by israeli forces in gaza their deaths have added to tensions on the gaza israel border following an explosion that to injured four israeli soldiers on saturday israel blames him asked for the attack and carried out a series of ground as strikes on eighteen have massed targets in southern gaza that are false it reports. a funeral for two teenagers killed by israeli fire near the gaza border on saturday night. salim abdulla who both seventeen. israel says it fired warning shots towards a group acting suspiciously near the border fence witnesses talked of tank fire being used no palestinian armed group has claimed the boys as members they were laid to rest side by side sometimes father says his son was one of dozens who tried to escape th

atrocities a comment slammed by israeli counterpart polish pm says further dialogue with israel about the holocaust is needed it's not going to be punishable i'm not going to be seemed. to say that there were polish perpetrators there were jewish perpetrators as there were russian perpetrate perpetrators as there were ukrainian not on the german paper turtle's. of the polish prime minister's remarks here in munich are outrageous there is a problem here of an inability to understand history and a lack of sensitivity to the tragedy of our people the president of the conference of european rabbis also criticize the polish leaders comments what was served by the polish prime minister is totally acceptable to call jews perpetrators of the holocaust is unacceptable to any person who knows history knows you want to build a future and we did not expect the polish prime minister to say such things but this comes in the wake of a new polish law banning claims that the country collaborated with nazi germany during world war two specifically the legislation brigit's references to water i'm not the death camps

at a memorial ceremony at the united nations 73 years s ter the end of the war, holocaust survivmember the victims. israel, which has honored more poles than any nation for saving the lives of jews, has objecte to the draft law, saying that poland is trying to rewritehi ory.is somerians say others were complicit in a nazi crimes, crimes that a diminishing number of veterans from the war never want the world to forget. rajini: the winter olympics are just around the corner, and the first time ever, nigeria will compete. three female athletes who make up the country's bobsled team have qualified for the games. our sports news correspondent has gone to et them at their aining camp at lake placid. >> we are nigeria women's bobsled team. >> we are the first team from the country of nigeria. t >> the firm from the continent of africa. >> and the first team to be represented in the winter olympics in the sport of bobsled -- >> in young chang. [laughter] reporter: they are known as the ice blazers, going where no before, heading to a bobsled track at the olympics. >> opening ceremony, that would be really cool. >

and supposed sentiments in israel comes from the feeling of shame and the passivity of the jews during the holocaust more than three million jews lived in poland before the second world war most of them were killed during the conflict the actually it's birkenau camp which was built in poland under nazi occupation was responsible for the deaths of one million jews former u.s. diplomat jim jatra says the problem is both poles and israelis view history solely from their own perspectives. well look i think all we have here is a clash of nationalisms that obviously the israelis and the jewish people see the events of world war two through the lens of their suffering what happened to them and the people in poland have a somewhat different recollection of it based on their understanding and their suffering in the millions of poles that died during the war and i think this is rather unfortunate that they would be conflicting in this way how they recall things paul and i think i think the main point paul is trying to make is that they were victims of the nazis that they were not these were not polish death c