Official ordered to apologize for likening Polish conservative leader to Hitler

A Warsaw court has ruled that a regional official must apologize for publishing an image that made Poland's conservative leader Jarosław Kaczyński look like Adolf Hitler, a court spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

Adam Struzik.

Photo: PAP/Mateusz Marek

The image posted on Twitter in March 2019 by Adam Struzik, a top official in the Mazowieckie region, which includes the national capital Warsaw, depicted Kaczyński with a Hitler-style moustache.

Kaczyński is the head of Poland’s ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party and also serves as a deputy prime minister.

Struzik is a member of the opposition Polish People's Party (PSL).

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Source: IAR/PAP