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Stephen Fry Sorry For His `Auschwitz` Remark... |
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Stephen Fry Sorry For His `Auschwitz` Remark
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Posted 3 months ago by
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 British funnyman Stephen Fry has apologized after outraging Polish citizens by implying the country played a role in the Holocaust. The writer/actor was taking part in a feature on Poland`s Law and Justice Party for Britain`s Channel 4 News last week when he referred to the location of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz. He told viewers, "Let`s face it, there has been a history in Poland of right-wing Catholicism, which has been deeply disturbing for those of us who know a little history, and remember which side of the border Auschwitz was on." The remarks sparked anger from the Polish embassy and criticism on various news websites - prompting an apology from Fry on Monday. In a posting on his official blog, he writes: "I offer no excuse. I seemed to imply that the Polish people had been responsible for the most infamous of all the death factories of the Third Reich. I didn`t even really at the time notice the importance of what I had said, so gave myself no opportunity instantly to retract the statement. It was a rubbishy (sic), cheap and offensive remark that I have been regretting ever since." "I take this opportunity to apologize now. I said a stupid, thoughtless and fatuous thing. It detracted from and devalued my argument, such as it was, and it outraged and offended a large group of people for no very good reason. I am sorry in all directions."
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