"Polish concentration camps" causes an uproar

The conservative daily Rzeczpospolita which writes critically of Germany reacts to an article in the German daily Die Welt that referred to "Polish concentration camps": "The firm and rapid response of the Polish media to the use of the term 'Polish concentration camps' in an edition of Die Welt has made an impact. It is good that the newspaper published a clear and comprehensive correction. Now our colleagues at Die Welt should ask how the author, who was born in 1970, could use a term that is so painful for Poland in her text, and how it was possible for this to escape the attention of the editors in the various phases of editing which the article went through. It is fortunate that the words of editor-in-chief Thomas Schmid ('This wording slanders Poland and has nothing to do with historical reality') set matters right. This affair raises the question of how the Polish Foreign Ministry should react to similar cases in the future."

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