Jewish activists are up in arms over the itinerary of West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl’s current visit to Poland, which has him touring the former Auschwitz death camp this Saturday.
They consider it an affront to have scheduled the visit on the Jewish Sabbath.
Heinz Galinski, an Auschwitz survivor who is chairman of the West German Jewish Community and a member of Kohl’s official entourage, said there was no way he would accompany the chancellor to Auschwitz on Saturday.
The situation created a mini-crisis on the first day of Kohl’s six-day trip.
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