Holocaust survivors sue Polish publisher over 'pro-Nazi propaganda books'

Two Holocaust survivors and a former anti-Nazi resistance fighter have filed a lawsuit against a Polish publisher which they allege “promotes Nazism and Holocaust denial”.

The lawsuit against Gdansk-based firm Katmar focuses on a series of publications by Léon Degrelle, a Belgian Nazi collaborator, titled The Age of Hitler I, The Age of Hitler II and Hitler the Democrat.

Wojciech Kozlwski, representing the plaintiffs, told AFP: “The promotion of Nazism and Holocaust denial is a criminal offence in Poland, and in theory prosecutable in the criminal courts, but in practice public prosecutors fail to act effectively in the majority of cases.

“This is the first civil case of its kind ever brought in Poland.”