Polish lawmakers passed changes to a disputed Holocaust speech law today (June 27, 2018), removing criminal provisions for attributing Nazi crimes to Poles, according to the Fox News website.
The amendments passed 388 to 25 with five abstentions following an emotional session in the Sejm, the lower house of parliament.
The original version of the law -- which was passed earlier this year -- called for prison terms of up to three years for accusing the Polish nation of Holocaust crimes that were committed by Nazi Germany.
The original law sparked a major diplomatic crisis with Israel, where many felt it was an attempt to whitewash episodes of Polish violence against Jews during World War II.
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