FBI director James Comey recently made a comment suggesting that he believed that some Polish citizens had been accomplices to the Nazi Party during the Holocaust. His comment was made during a speech at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s 2015 National Tribute Dinner, and was later turned in to an opinion article for the Washington Post. BBC News reported that in the Washington Post article Mr. Comey said, "In their minds, the murderers and accomplices of Germany, and Poland, and Hungary, and so many, many other places didn't do something evil...They convinced themselves it was the right thing to do, the thing they had to do." As a result the Polish government summoned the US ambassador in Poland to formally apologize for the comments Mr. Comey made. The government expressed that they firmly believe and have historical evidence that Poland was a victim of WWII and that the Nazi Party alone holds responsibility for the Holocaust. In response to outcry from Poland, the Washington Post then wrote a follow up article criticizing Mr. Comey's comments.
Original Washington Post Article by Mr. Comey:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-scariest-lesson-of-the-holocaust/2015/04/16/ffa8e23c-e468-11e4-905f-cc896d379a32_story.html
BBC News Report:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32376463
Washington Post Follow Up Article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2015/04/19/fbi-director-got-it-wrong-on-the-holocaust/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2015/04/19/fbi-director-got-it-wrong-on-the-holocaust/
By: Jenn Hoffman
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