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Elderly survivors protest Holocaust law outside Poland's Tel Aviv embassy

Demonstrators angered by measures signed into law this week

February 9, 2018 07:56
Holocaust survivors and activists protest outside the Polish embassy in Tel Aviv on Thursday
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Dozens of Holocaust survivors entered the compound of Poland embassy in Tel Aviv to protest against a law that outlaws blaming the Polish nation for crimes committed by Nazi Germany.

The protesters – many aged over 90 – encircled a diplomatic vehicle chanting “No one will forget what you did”.

"No law can erase history” and "the Polish law is a slap in the face of the people of Israel” were among the slogans written on the banners they waved.

Maariv repored one survivor, 95-year-old Shalom Steinberg, shouted: “You should be ashamed. I escaped from Auschwitz and weep every night from the things I went through there.