“The majority of Poles during World War II were not ‘passive’,” deputy foreign minister Paweł Jabłoński stressed, responding to the arguments of Gazeta Wyborcza’s Dominika Wielowieyska, who argued that “PiS presents Poland as a nation of heroes saving Jews”, and most of them was passive. The discussion started after the questions Piotr Zaremba asked in his text.
Let us not forget that during the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Deputy Prime Minister Piotr Gliński presented German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier with a report on the Polish losses in World War II. This gesture was criticized by “Gazeta Wyborcza”. Piotr Zaremba admitted that while he himself considers this gesture “exaggerated”, he would not call it “profanity”.
To people of the Polish elites, who complain about the insensitivity and passivity of Poles from the time of the ghetto uprising (most of whom were simply afraid), I will dedicate a question at the end. Are you really sure you would risk it yourself in conditions of mass terror? Think about it over a hearty breakfast or afternoon coffee
– emphasized Piotr Zaremba.
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“GW” journalist on PiS
Dominika Wielowieyska felt obliged to answer Piotr Zaremba’s questions. In a Twitter post, a journalist from Gazeta Wyborcza argued that most Poles were “passive” and that “Jews were helped by a handful of people”. She couldn’t help but mix Law and Justice into the whole thing, which, as we know, she didn’t like.
The point is that PiS presents the Poles as a nation of heroes saving Jews. It’s not true. Some Poles were hostile to them, extortion was a fact and Jews were helped by a handful of people. Most were passive and understandable given the terror. Let’s not create myths
said Wielowieyska.
Falsification of history
Paweł Jabłoński, Deputy Foreign Minister, responded to Wielowieyska’s arguments, pointing out that Poles were not passive and that what the “Wyborcza” journalist is doing is “falsifying history”.
Most Poles during World War II were not “passive”. Most were victims of German and Soviet crimes. Millions of Poles: murdered, tortured, imprisoned, forced into slave labour. A lying discourse that ignores these facts is a falsification of history. Shame
– underlines Deputy Minister Jabłoński.
Online discussion
Wielowieyska’s entry was also commented on by other Twitter users. They emphasized that the help from Poland was very large.
NO. It is about correcting the lie that Poles participated en masse in the Holocaust. Without heroizing and romanticizing the past. That the dominant attitude towards German terror was fear is a banal truth.
The point is, your editor, that you (and people like her) present Poland as a nation not only willingly assisting the Germans in exterminating Jews, but also as co-perpetrators of the Holocaust. That is the problem.
First, it’s not true. No one denies that there were anti-Semites (including those who saved Jews) and szmalcowniks (fought by the Polish underground state). Secondly, taking into account the death penalty for whole families, Poland’s help was AMAZING. Third, reflex…
The point is that x, y, and z represent Poland as a nation of anti-Semites; a nation that could but would not help Jews; the nation that helped the Germans kill the Jews was even more than happy to do so; a nation that must constantly apologize for it and not dwell on its mistakes.
How disgusting this is dear Ms @DWielowieyska – simply disgusting… in fact, sometimes I wonder who and why else reads something so edited and by such people…cognitive value none, maximum level of hatred, huge fanaticism. ..
The vast majority of Poles helped Jews under penalty of death. You know well. So why are you faking this image? Continuing the pedagogy of shame, the German view of complicity, deprivation of pride and history. Then you can do anything with the people. Goebbels+ option
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Source: wPolityce