STATEMENT OF THE
INTERNATIONAL AUSCHWITZ COUNCIL
The International Auschwitz Council by the Prime Minister of Poland observes with the utmost concern the dispute over the amendment to the Act on the Institute of National Remembrance accepted by the Polish Parliament. For years, the International Auschwitz Council has supported efforts and has been engaged in activities that fought the false statement about "Polish camps". However, the new imprecise regulations raise legitimate concerns about restricting the freedom of research on the truth about the Holocaust. We strongly object to that.
At that same time we do not lose hope for dialogue between the involved parties. Since the year 2000 the International Auschwitz Council by the Prime Minister of Poland has been a place of such dialogue and building understanding that is respectful to the truth, that protects the memory of all the victims, and that is made with mutual respect. In the face of the conflict nowadays we are determined to continue this role.
HALINA BIRENBAUM, Holocaust Survivor
SARA J. BLOOMFIELD, Executive Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington
PIOTR M.A. CYWIŃSKI, Ph.D., Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Oświęcim, President of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation
FATHER MANFRED DESELAERS, Ph.D., Vice Chairman of the Board of the Cracow Foundation Centre for Dialogue and Prayer in Oświęcim
HAVI DREYFUS, Ph.D.
PROF. BARBARA ENGELKING, Chairwoman of the IAC
RABBI IRVIN GREENBERG
DAVID HARRIS, Executive Director of the American Jewish Committee
CHRISTOPH HEUBNER, Vice President of the International Auschwitz Committee
ROMAN KENT, Holocaust Survivor, President of the International Auschwitz Committee
SERGE KLARSFELD, Board Member of the Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah
OLIVIER LALIEU, historian
RONALD LAUDER, Chairman of the World Jewish Congress
PROF. PAWEŁ MACHCEWICZ
AGNIESZKA MAGDZIAK-MISZEWSKA
Richard Prasquier, Ph.D., Honorary Chairman of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France (CRIF)
ROMANI ROSE, Chairman of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma
ARCHBISHOP GRZEGORZ RYŚ, Metropolitan Archbishop of Łódź
AVNER SHALEV, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate and Deputy Chairman of the IAC
PROF. DARIUSZ STOLA, Director of the Museum of the History of the
Polish Jews POLIN
MARIAN TURSKI, Holocaust Survivor, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland and Vice-President of the International Auschwitz Committee
HENRYK WUJEC, Deputy Chairman of the IAC
MAREK ZAJĄC, Secretary of the IAC and Chairman of the Council of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation