Polish far-right supporters protest against restitution of Jewish property

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS MAY 11, 2019 / 12:17 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

Polish far-right supporters protest against restitution of Jewish property

Karol Witenberg, Alan Charlish
4 MIN READ

WARSAW (Reuters) - Hundreds of far-right supporters marched in Warsaw on Saturday to protest against a U.S. law on the restitution of Jewish property seized during or after World War Two, an issue increasingly featuring in campaigns for upcoming Polish elections.

Carrying placards with slogans including “Poland has no obligations” and “Holocaust hyenas”, demonstrators marched from the prime minister’s office to the U.S. embassy in central Warsaw.

Poland was home to one of the world’s biggest Jewish communities before it was almost entirely wiped out by Nazi German occupiers who set up death camps such as Auschwitz on Polish soil.

Former owners and their descendents have been campaigning since the fall of communism in 1989 to be compensated for lost property, which was seized by Poland’s authoritarian rulers but successive Polish administrations have lacked the money or determination to resolve the issue.

The nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) government has said that as a victim in World War Two Poland should not be saddled with any financial obligations.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-israel/polish-far-right-supporters-protest-against-restitution-of-jewish-property-idUSKCN1SH0HA

[Mosby]

1. according to the article the conservative party

Feels the same way, so why the focus on "far-right"? Seems like a meaningless distinction.

[Eugene]

2. The far-right are the ones marching in the streets about it.