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Italian TV: Poles Participated in the Extermination of the Jews
The Polish embassy in Rome is demanding an apology and correction from the host of the Matrix TV program, who accused the residents of Oświęcim of participation in the Holocaust. Broadcast on Mediaset TV, owned by Silvio Berlusconi, the program was viewed yesterday by an audience of 1,398,000. The subject was Holocaust denial and the Tehran conference.
In a discussion with former Auschwitz prisoner Nedo Fiano, host Enrico Mentana suggested that Poles shared responsibility for the Holocaust. When a member of the studio audience asked why Holocaust deniers do not ask the residents of Oświęcim about the camp. Mentana replied: "Because, to a decided degree, they were involved in it."
Polish ambassador Michał Radlicki sent a sharply worded protest to Mediaset management. He also proposed that Mentana visit Auschwitz, for instance on the next anniversary of the camp's liberation on January 27.
