KAZIMERZ SWITON STANDS NEXT TO THE WOODEN CROSES IN FRONT OF AUSCHWITZ CAMP, 1998-08-25 (photo)

Kazimierz Switon, one of the initiators of putting crosses on the Zwirowisko site stands next to the crosses in Auschwitz, August 25. Radical Catholic groups have put up more than 220 crosses despite calls from Jewish organizations for them to stop. Jewish groups say the crosses violate agreements under which no religious, ideological or political symbols would be erected at the camp, where 1.5 million people died during World War Two, some 90 percent of them Jews. Today the Polish Episcopate will debate about decision whether the crosses should be removed. PK/JDP