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Condemning the construction of a shopping center within the internationally protected zone around the Auschwitz death camp in Poland.

Introduced: March 29, 1996 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Mar 29, 1996
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Condemns the construction of the shopping center within the internationally protected zone around the Auschwitz death camp as a violation of international legal conventions signed by Poland and as a trivialization and desecration of the site.

Calls upon the Government of Poland to: (1) overrule local authorities, comply with its international legal obligations, and permanently halt commercial construction at such site; and (2) permanently close the grounds within the internationally protected zone around it to any development.

Recognizes the special nature of the death camp and the sanctity of the ground upon which it rests.

What's happening now March 29, 1996

Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

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