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flag Poland protests Yad Vashem post blaming it for Nazi-imposed yellow badges, demanding correction.

flag Poland summoned Israel’s ambassador over a Yad Vashem social media post stating Poland was the first country where Jews were forced to wear yellow badges in 1939, calling the phrasing misleading without clarifying the order came from Nazi Germany’s Hans Frank during the occupation. flag Polish officials, including Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski and Prime Minister Donald Tusk, objected, stressing the country was under German control and not responsible for Nazi policies. flag Yad Vashem clarified the order was issued by German authorities and linked to context explaining this, but Poland said the post remained uncorrected and demanded a revision, highlighting ongoing tensions over Holocaust memory and historical responsibility.

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