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apologize for the "Polish death camps" reference

Created by K.C. on May 29, 2012

We the people,

American citizens of Polish descent and Americans interested in historical truth in the strongest possible tones urge President Obama to apologize for the words he used on May 29th during the awarding of a medal to Jan Karski: "Polish death camps".

Anyone with even cursory knowledge of WW II history understands that the unfortunate phrasing is at best a misnomer and at worst, conscious effort to rewrite history.

We believe that this is not a matter of misrepresentation, omission or misleading. The simple fact is that instead of "Polish death camps" President Obama should have said "German death camp in Nazi occupied Poland".

We the people demand that whoever wrote this speech for President Obama apologizes as well. That writer should also resign from his post.

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