Polish prosecutors are investigating after a Norwegian medical student brandished an allegedly antisemitic poster during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Warsaw.
The poster carried by the student, Marie Andersen, showed a Star of David being binned and the words “keep the world clean”.
Andersen is a fifth-year student at the Medical University of Warsaw, which has apologised and launched disciplinary proceedings. The university told the JC she had been called into the dean’s office to explain her actions.
Paweł Jabłonski, undersecretary of state at the foreign ministry, called for a stronger response from authorities over the incident. “This absolutely shouldn’t happen,” he said. “Banners calling for hatred on national/ethnic grounds are a violation of the law.”
