Daily News Article - May 31, 2012
1. During the Presidential Medal of Freedom award ceremony, what did President Obama say about Holocaust hero Jan Karski that has upset Poland?
2. What did President Obama's spokesman say the President meant to say?
3. Why are the people of Poland upset by the President's mischaracterization of the death camps?
4. How many Jewish people were murdered by the Nazis during WWII?
b) How many of the Jewish people killed were Polish?
c) How many non-Jewish Polish people were killed by the Nazis?
5. How have U.S. officials responded to calls from Poland's president, prime minister and chief Rabbi for President Obama to correct his mischaracterization of Nazi death camps?
6. Read the "Background" below the questions. Why is it important for President Obama to personally correct his mistake/misstatement/mischaracterization?
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