The Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation against the Euro-Sword Grzegorz Braun in connection with his statements on the Holocaust. A politician in a Thursday radio interview questioned the genocide in gas chambers in the German Nazi Auschwitz camp. On Monday the order was issued by the territory lawyer of the Commission for the Investigation of Crimes against the Polish Nation in Krakow. Braun is facing a fine or imprisonment word of up to 3 years.
The IPN investigation is being conducted on a public case and contrary to the fact that Euro MP Braun has denied the crimes of genocide. Controversial statements occurred on July 10 in Jedwabne, during a radio interview on Wnet radio.
The politician denied the crimes of genocide committed between 1941 and 1944 by officers of the 3rd German Reich in the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Auschwitz. A spokesperson for the Chief Crime Investigation Commission against the Polish Nation, Prosecutor Robert Janicki added that this act fulfils the characteristics of the crime in Article 55 of the Act on IPN.
Penalty up to 3 years
This provision states that those who publically and contrary to facts deny crimes, including Nazi and Communist crimes, are subject to fines or imprisonments of up to 3 years. Braun questioned the genocide in the gas chambers in the German Nazi Auschwitz camp on Thursday on Wnet radio.
Condemnation by Politicians
Braun's message was met with condemnation by politicians, IPN, RPO and clergy. The controversial words of the Euro MP have provoked widespread criticism in political and social environments.
(PAP) Note: This article was edited with Artificial Intelligence.
