Donald Tusk · 2019 | ChronoCite

Mar 8, 2019Reported claimRated Incorrect. His grandfather was Polish and was arrested by the Nazis in 1939. He was made a forced labourer, then imprisoned, and was then conscripted into the armed forces of Nazi Germany in 1944. · Full Fact

Donald Tusk

Full Fact rated the claim “Donald Tusk’s grandfather was a German SS officer.” Incorrect. His grandfather was Polish and was arrested by the Nazis in 1939. He was made a forced labourer, then imprisoned, and was then conscripted into the armed forces of Nazi Germany in 1944..

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