Poland's deputy ambassador to Israel Piotr Kozlowski was reprimanded at Israel's Foreign Ministry on Sunday, one day after being summoned to discuss Poland's new Holocaust legislation, which bars any mention of crimes by the "Polish nation" during the Holocaust.

Kozlowski met with Rodica Radian-Gordon, of the Foreign Ministry's Europe department, and Akiva Tor, director of the department for Jewish communities. Kozlowski met with the Israeli representatives in place of the the Polish ambassador to Israel, who is currently abroad.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the new legislation on Saturday, calling on Israel's ambassador in Warsaw to meet with the Polish prime minister on the contentious bill.

"The law is baseless. I strongly oppose it. History cannot be changed and it is forbidden to deny the Holocaust. I ordered the Israeli embassy in Poland to meet with the Polish Prime Minister and express my firm stand against the law," Netanyahu said.

In a statement from the President's Office, President Reuven Rivlin also criticized the bill, saying that "on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, more than ever, and above all considerations, we are faced with our duty to remember our brothers and sisters who were murdered.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Sunday responded to criticism of new Polish law which bars any mention of crimes by the "Polish nation" during the Holocaust, tweeting "Auschwitz-Birkenau is not a Polish name, and Arbeit Macht Frei is not a Polish phrase."

"Auschwitz is the most bitter lesson on how evil ideologies can lead to hell on earth. Jews, Poles and all victims should be guardians of the memory of all who were murdered by German Nazis," he tweeted.