The minister of culture and national heritage has complained in an interview about the language used by the opposition about his party.  – We are to be treated like the Jews were by Goebbels, he said.

We wish to join the many voices of protest against the minister’s words. Public trivialisation of the tragedy of Holocaust and the use of such hyperbole in a public debate suggest a complete lack of understanding of history and a complete lack of compassion. To compare anybody’s position to the position of Jews during the Holocaust is ethically unacceptable. It is also unbecoming for any public figure – particularly in Poland which has witnessed the Holocaust at first hand and particularly for a sociology professor and a deputy prime minister.