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Auschwitz disco row.


A DISCO planned near the former Auschwitz concentration camp has been branded "disgusting" by Jewish leaders.

The scheme has been approved by local planners because it is 50 yards outside a zone protected against activities offensive to the memory of the 1.5million victims of Nazi atrocities.

The building was used to sort and store luggage of people sent to the camp in southern Poland.

Lord Janner Baron Janner or Lord Janner may refer to two people, both of whom were British Members of Parliament elevated to the peerage after their retirement from the House Commons:
 of Braunstone, Holocaust Educational Trust chairman, said: "To turn this building into a pleasure dome would be a total disgrace DISGRACE. Ignominy, shame, dishonor. No witness is required to disgrace himself. 13 How. St. Tr. 17, 334; 16 How. St. Tr. 161. Vide Crimination; To Degrade. .

"The revellers would be dancing on the graves of the murdered millions."

He said the proposal was "tasteless taste·less  
adj.
1. Lacking flavor; insipid.

2. Not having or showing good taste.



tasteless·ly adv.
 and disgusting" and he'd be "shocked and amazed a·maze  
v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es

v.tr.
1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise.

2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex.

v.intr.
" to see it go through.

The Polish government blocked the plans by a local businessman after they were unveiled last October but were unable to do so again.
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Author:Sommerlad, Nick
Publication:The Mirror (London, England)
Date:Aug 19, 2000
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