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To: Farmboy who wrote (366)	5/30/2012 8:42:44 PM
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Today Obama called the Nazi death camps "Polish death camps." It's not the first time he's messed up on the Holocaust. Some called this a gaffe. If it was, the US is in mortal danger with this guy having the red phone next to him: Obama commits Holocaust gaffe Claims 'uncle' liberated Auschwitz, but Soviet troops freed Nazi camp JERUSALEM – Sen. Barack Obama has been caught in an apparent gaffe that has some angry bloggers claiming the Democratic presidential candidate was “lying about the Holocaust for political gain.” In a Memorial Day speech yesterday available on video, Obama told an audience his uncle liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp. The Nazi death camp, however, was liberated by the Soviet Union in January 1945. After publication of this story, Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton issued a correction. Obama was referring to his great uncle, a member of the 89th Infantry Division that liberated the Ohrduf camp, part of Buchenwald, in Germany. Burton said the great uncle, Obama’s grandmother’s brother, is still alive. “I had an uncle who was one of the, part of the first American troops to go into Auschwitz and liberate the concentration camps,” Obama said in speech in New Mexico. “And the story in our family was, is that when he came home, he just went up into the attic, and he didn’t leave the house for six months.” Obama was using the story to promote better benefits for troops. “Now obviously, something had really affected him deeply, but at that time there just weren’t the kinds of facilities to help somebody work through that kind of pain,” Obama said. “That’s why this idea of making sure that every single veteran, when they are discharged, are screened for post-traumatic stress disorder and given the mental health services that they need – that’s why it’s so important.” The U.S. Army liberated the Nazi concentration camps of Buchenwald in Germany and Mauthausen-Gusen in Austria. Auschwitz is in southern Poland, which was occupied by troops from the neighboring Soviet Union in 1945. The Ace of Spades blog, which first noticed the discrepancy, said, “Unless Obama’s ‘uncle’ was serving in the Red Army, it’s a pretty safe bet he was many hundreds of miles from Auschwitz on its day of liberation,” The Red State blog accused Obama of using the Holocaust for political gain. “Look, we all know Obama has a problem with Jewish voters and veterans, but trying to use the Holocaust for political gain is sickening – especially when it is a bold-faced lie. See the video: wnd.com