Poland wants Mattel to recall game with 'Nazi Poland' trivia card

Poland is requesting that U.S. game manufacturer Mattel recall the latest edition of the Apples To Apples party game because of a trivia card that uses the term “Nazi Poland.”

Warsaw strongly objects to the term, since it insinuates that Poland was allied with Germany during World War II. In reality, Poland was one of the most harshly treated countries by the Nazis during the war. Six million Poles died, including 3 million Jewish Poles during the Holocaust.

According to the Associated Press, the card in question reads, “1993 Steven Spielberg film. Powerful, real-life story of a Catholic businessman who eventually saved over 1,000 Jews in Nazi Poland,” referring to Schindler’s List.

“We demanded the game be withdrawn and corrected,” Polish Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna said on Friday, reports Agence France-Presse. “We're also organising a Twitter protest by Poles from around the world, including in the United States, to have the game pulled from the market.”

If Mattel doesn’t recall the game, Schetyna said they will consider their “legal options.”

This is actually the second similar blunder Poland has had to correct in recent days. Just last week, FBI director James Comey appeared to suggest that Poland had collaborated in the Holocaust. Comey later sent a handwritten note to the Polish ambassador in Washington to apologize.

Mattel hasn’t commented on Poland’s request, but when it does, it should also explain why someone thought a question about Schindler’s List was a good idea for a board game.

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