US ambassador's Passover wishes in Polish met with anger

The U.S. ambassador to Poland wished Jews a happy Passover in Polish, and the reaction has been a wave of angry comments on Twitter.

Ambassador Georgette Mosbacher also wished Poles a happy Easter on Sunday. But by then, she was accused of offending the country with her Passover and reminded that she is serving in a mostly Roman Catholic country.

Krystyna Pawlowicz, a lawmaker with Polands ruling right-wing party, called it a provocation.

Robert Bakiewicz, a far-right activist who organizes a yearly Independence Day march that government leaders joined last year, said Christ died and was resurrected also for you, pagans and traitorous Jews.

Some came to Mosbachers defense, recalling that Poland also has a small Jewish population. Poland was home to Europes largest Jewish population before the Holocaust.

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