Again ‘Polish camps’ in the Washington Post

For the second time in a month, an insulting wording for Poland, referring to the German Nazi concentration camps during Second World War appeared in Washington Post. Once again, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland intervened.

In the article, in the Sunday illustrated supplement to Washington Post Magazine, its author Steve Luxenberg used terms such as “extermination camps in Poland” and “death camps in Poland” without explaining that it was about the camps in Poland occupied by the German Third Reich. On Monday, Robert Kupiecki, the Polish ambassador in Washington, sent a letter to the journal’s editorial staff protesting against distorting of the historical truth.

“The mentioned terms illustrate unacceptable twisting of the tragic history of Poland and lead to misunderstandings,” Kupiecki wrote. “[The] Washington Post must correct themselves. I am surprised and frustrated that we are returning to this topic again, in less than a week after my letter protesting against using ‘Polish camps’ in the article by Richard Cohen.”

The ambassador encouraged the editorial staff to change their style book, the guidelines concerning writing and editing texts.