Death camp museum worker accused of making anti-Semitic fliers

Police say Majdanek memorial employee printed anti-Jewish posters at museum, helped hang them around Lublin

By JTA 27 January 2014, 9:42 am

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Visitors walk the grounds of Majdanek, where more than 75,000 prisoners were murdered during the Holocaust (Photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — An employee of the museum at the former Majdanek Nazi death camp was one of six men charged with incitement to hatred for hanging anti-Semitic posters in Lublin.

The men were arrested on Jan. 23. Three were arrested at a Lublin bus stop while hanging a poster reading “Zionists out of Lublin” and “Our streets, our houses.” More posters were found in their car.

Another three were arrested in their homes.

The museum employee, identified as Krzysztof K., 50, works in the exhibition department, where he designs book covers and catalogs. Police said at least two anti-Semitic posters were printed on a museum printer.

The men had been putting up anti-Semitic posters since 2010, police believe.