Polish far-right leader charged with Holocaust denial for calling Auschwitz gas chambers "fake"
Prosecutors say the remarks could bring up to three years in prison after Braun called Auschwitz gas chambers fake in interviews last year.
- On Tuesday, Polish politician Grzegorz Braun appeared at the Kraków branch of the Institute of National Remembrance as a suspect, where prosecutors presented charges for denying genocide at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
- Braun's charges stem from July 2025 interviews where he claimed Auschwitz gas chambers were "fake," remarks that prosecutor Robert Janicki noted contradict historical documents, witness accounts, and perpetrator statements.
- In March 2026, the European Parliament voted to strip Braun of immunity, clearing the path for prosecution under the IPN Act, which classifies denying Nazi crimes as a criminal offense punishable by up to three years in prison.
- Separately, Warsaw prosecutors charged Braun on Friday for additional alleged crimes, including vandalism of an LGBT exhibition and using a fire extinguisher to attack a Jewish Hanukkah ceremony in December 2023.
- Despite legal challenges, Braun's Confederation of the Polish Crown has risen to around 9% in polls, positioning the party as a potential kingmaker in next year's parliamentary elections.
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The charges were presented before noon by the prosecutor of the Branch Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation in Krakow. After the hearing, Grzegorz Braun announced that the politician had pleaded not guilty but did not deny making statements on these topics. Initiation of Criminal Proceedings: On July 14 of last year, the prosecutor of the Branch Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation in K…
Grzegorz Braun has been summoned to the Kraków branch of the Institute of National Remembrance as a suspect. The prosecutor is expected to bring charges against him on Tuesday, but the IPN has not yet revealed what they concern. They likely refer to the MEP's statements regarding the gas chambers at Auschwitz.
For some it is izjavio gives it "Aušvic sa svojim gasnim komorama nažalost lažan", and for others it is rekao da su tvrdnje o korišćenju gasnih komora dio "propagandnog narativa" koji podržava "kvazireligiozni cult"
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