TVP boss's skinhead past revealed

31st July 2009

Controversy surrounding Piotr Farfal, the head of state-owned public television, increased after a newspaper published a series of pictures of him giving the Nazi salute.

One photograph printed by the tabloid Fakt shows an 18-year-old Farfal, surrounded by a group of friends.

Decked in the jeans and short jackets associated with skinheads, they all stand and give the salute. Another picture shows a shirtless Farfal, saluting once again, with two others.

“The gesture given by Farfal is a cursed symbol of the one of the darkest chapters of history,” commented Senator Krzysztof Piesiewicz. “Poles should be especially sensitive to this.”

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