Poland Dismayed Over Obama ‘Polish Death Camp’ GaffePoland said it was dismayed over President Barack Obama referring to a Nazi concentration camp during World War II as a “Polish death camp.”CopyFacebookXTruthGettrLinkedInTelegramEmailSavePolish World War II resistance fighter and scholar Jan Karski in Warsaw May 17, 2000. Karski tried as early as 1943 to alert Western Allies to the situation in German-occupied Poland, especially the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto and the extermination camps. Tomasz Gzell/AFP/Getty ImagesBy Alex Johnston5/30/2012Updated: 10/1/2015Print