With deep sadness and disappointment I once again draw attention to The Post's use of an unacceptable term, "Poland's Auschwitz-Birkenau camp." In the Sept. 19 Travel section this term appears twice in photo captions. The meaning of the term "Poland's Auschwitz-Birkenau camp" goes far beyond geographic dimensions and perpetuates false stereotypes distorting a historical truth -- that concentration camps were created and run by Nazi Germans, not by Poles.
Lack of sensitivity to this problem among some American journalists is really painful, especially to the people of Poland and Americans of Polish origin. Six million Polish citizens perished in World War II, and using such terms is deeply offensive and unacceptable.
PRZEMYSLAW GRUDZINSKI
Ambassador, Embassy of Poland
Washington
