DHAKA: A former Polish war refugee who met Prince Charles in Canada has said he likened some Nazi actions in Europe to those of Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

Marienne Ferguson was speaking after meeting Prince Charles at a Nova Scotia immigration museum where she works.

As they discussed Hitler’s takeover of countries, the prince ‘said something to the effect of ‘it’s not unlike... what Putin is doing,’ she recalled.

Clarence House said it would not comment on a private conversation.

The prince is due to meet the Russian president for D-Day anniversary celebrations in France next month.

On Monday, Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall visited Pier 21, Canada’s national immigration museum, during their four-day tour of Canada.

The prince chatted to Ferguson, who left Poland for Canada just prior to the Nazi occupation, and some of whose family died in concentration camps.

‘He (Charles) asked when I came to Canada, I told him 1939,’ said Ferguson, reports the BBC.

BDST: 1306 HRS, MAY 21, 2014