Poland’s Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski announced on Monday that he was summoning the Israeli ambassador following a contentious post by Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial institution. The post, published on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday, stated that ‘Poland was the first country where Jews were forced to wear a distinctive yellow badge to isolate them from the surrounding population.’ Sikorski urged Yad Vashem to revise the post to clarify that the order was issued in ‘German-occupied’ Poland, emphasizing that Poland itself was not responsible for the Nazi-imposed measures. Polish officials have long opposed language that could inaccurately attribute Nazi crimes to Poland. The previous nationalist government even considered criminal penalties for those suggesting Polish complicity in Nazi atrocities. Yad Vashem’s post detailed how Hans Frank, the governor of the Generalgouvernement, ordered Jews aged 10 and above to wear armbands marked with a blue Star of David on November 23, 1939. Poland was occupied by Nazi Germany in September 1939, marking the start of World War II. During the Holocaust, six million Jews and others were killed, many in Nazi death camps located on occupied Polish soil. Beyond Sikorski, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and others criticized Yad Vashem’s wording. Yad Vashem responded on social media, clarifying that the order was issued by German authorities but did not amend the original post. Sikorski’s decision to summon the Israeli ambassador underscores the sensitivity of historical narratives in Polish-Israeli relations.