Monumental feud between Warsaw and Jersey City

City authorities plan to remove the Katyń Massacre monument from the Jersey City Plaza where a park is to be built. The decision was made without consulting the Polish community in America and caused an outrage among its members and the Polish politicians. The speaker of the Polish Senate, Stanisław Karczewski asked the mayor of Jersey City, Steven Fulop to change the decision regarding the historic monument but the latter dismissed the appeal by saying that he "won't discuss anything with people who attempt to rewrite the history regarding Poland's involvement in the Holocaust". Mr Fulop also called Mr Karczewski a "well-known anti-Semite", for which the Polish government demands an apology. The monument is a reminder of the Katyń Massacre that took place in 1940 when the Soviets, on the order of Stalin and Beria, executed more than 20.000 members of the Polish military and intellectual elite.