The 75th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation threatens to be overshadowed by recriminations.
Peter Feuerman's birth certificate showed nothing of his real background.
Dr Feuerman was born in 1944 with what he described as"false so-called Aryan documents" to hide his Jewish identity. His decision has threatened to overshadow the event which will bristle with world leaders and bring parts of Jerusalem to a standstill. It will also focus on fighting anti-Semitism today, taking place four days before the annual remembrance service at Auschwitz itself, hosted by Poland.The Jerusalem event was organised by the World Holocaust Forum Foundation, whose founder Dr Moshe Kantor is close to Russia's President Vladimir Putin.
Yad Vashem says it reserved the speaking podium for the allied powers that defeated Nazism - although Germany's president will speak too - while the Israeli government is trying to distance itself from the row, with one official telling me the invitation for Mr Duda to attend"still stands". Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki responded with a furious four-page statement accusing Mr Putin of lying about Poland and"trying to rehabilitate" Stalin for his political goals today.World War Two has become"the most important battlefield" for Poland's nationalist government, according to Prof Paweł Machcewicz, a Polish historian.
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