Attorney General Holder in Poland

Attorney General Eric Holder travelled to Krakow, Poland for meetings with counterparts from Poland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom as part of the G6 Conference. At the G6 Conference, Attorney General Holder met with European leaders to discuss cooperation on counterterrorism and fighting transnational organized crime and cyber crime, as well as other national security issues. Attorney General Holder met with Polish Minister of Interior Jerzy Miller and Justice Minister Krzysztof Kwiatkowski to discuss U.S.-Poland law enforcement and legal cooperation. While in Poland, Attorney General Holder also visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and State Museum.  The former Office of Special Investigations (OSI) within the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, now part of the Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section (HRSP), identified, investigated and took legal action against wartime participants in acts of Nazi-sponsored persecution who came to the United States after World War II. Since operations began in 1979, the department has won cases against 107 participants in Nazi persecution, including 10 former SS personnel from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp complex. In addition, attempts by more than 180 suspected Axis persecutors to enter the United States have been thwarted as a result of the department’s “watchlist” efforts in cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security. On March 30, 2010, the Criminal Division announced the formation of HRSP as part of the U.S. government’s efforts to bring human rights violators to justice and deny those violators safe haven in the United States. The new section represents a merger of the Criminal Division’s Domestic Security Section (DSS) and OSI.  Additional photos from the Attorney General's visit are available in the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and State Museum Photo Gallery.