“I hope that this compensation for scandalous words will help Hans G. realize how terrible his statement was and that no Pole will ever have to listen to racist remarks from a German in his own country,” he told the portal wPolityce.pl, chairman of the good name Reduta, Janusz Waliś.
wPolityce.pl: Can we officially talk about Natalia Nitek-Płażyńska’s victory over Hans G.?
Jan Wales: As Redoubt of Good Name, we are extremely satisfied with the repeated judgment of the Court of Appeal. Our cassation appeal to the Supreme Court worked 100 percent. The original judgment of the Court of Appeal in Gdańsk, in which a Polish woman, Ms. Natalia, was also held responsible for the words of Mr. Hans G., a German who openly expressed racist views about Poles in the working environment, describing herself as a Nazi. It was outrageous to force her to also apologize to him and bear the costs of the case.
We are all the more pleased with the SA’s latest judgment, which is final for us. The court fully agreed with our arguments and agrees with the arguments of the Supreme Court, since Mr. Hans G. is not subject to legal protection of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland and the European Charter of Rights of Persons due to his words man , and in addition, Mrs. Natalia’s former employer must not only bear the costs of the proceedings, but also pay 50 thousand. PLN for the Piaśnica Crime Museum. I hope that this compensation for outrageous words will help Hans G. realize how terrible his statement was and that no Pole will ever again have to listen to racist remarks from a German in his own country.
We are very proud of our legal representation, especially Ms. Monika Brzozowska-Pasieka, and we are pleased with the verdict that the court has delivered on behalf of the Republic of Poland.
It is surprising that it all took so long, and moreover – that Natalia Nitek-Płażyńska had previously been asked to apologize to her former employer for including him.
Yes, the case went through a total of four instances and lasted from 2016, as the original court judgment sentenced Hans G. to pay 50,000. PLN and apologies to Ms. Natalia, both privately and publicly.
Unfortunately, the SA ruling changed this correct decision, so we have referred the case to the Supreme Court for injustice. The Supreme Court referred the case back to the Court of Appeal in Gdańsk, which agreed with our arguments, rejected the previous judgment in its entirety and returned to its original content.
Although the whole thing took almost 7 years, waiting for this favorable decision was worth it. Reduta has been involved in the whole process from the start and our lawyers have shown great efficiency.
Does Hans G.’s behavior towards employees say anything about the attitude of Germans towards Poles and Poles?
Unfortunately I feel that way. And it seems that lately we have more symptomatic examples, such as the statements of German politicians calling former East Germany the central lands, insinuating that there are some territorial claims to Poland.
As far as we are concerned, it is scandalous that revisionism is making a comeback in Germany. The statement of Hans G. can also be described as symptomatic, similar to the latest statement of the German politician, president of the European People’s Party, Manfred Weber, who directly calls the Polish government an “enemy” and declares that he “will fight” It.
All these statements should never be addressed to Poles by Germans, and I hope this sentence will also remind them that it is not right for them to do certain things because of the deeds committed by the Germans themselves.
Did Hans G. address other employees in a similar way, or was his verbal aggression directed specifically at Ms. Natalia?
Yes, racist words have been spoken in public and we are glad that there was a Polish woman who, unable to bear such statements, dared to oppose it and, despite the fact that the process lasted almost 7 years, was successful and the full right of a Polish citizen to maintain his dignity as a Pole and to oppose similar racist statements.
Where did the absurd idea in the previous sentence come from that Natalia Nitek-Płażyńska should apologize to Hans G. for recording his scandalous statements?
It was an incomprehensible case law of the Court of Appeal in Gdańsk, which the Supreme Court did not agree with. It was the Supreme Court that ruled in response to the words of Hans G., who not only insulted Poland, but also described himself as a supporter of the totalitarian system, the spread of which is punishable under Polish law. These words from Hans G. release Ms. Natalia from the responsibility of recording. Her former employer, who described himself as a supporter of the criminal system, excluded himself from the protections deriving from the Constitution of the Republic of Poland and the European Charter of Human Rights.
And we, the RDI Foundation, are proud to have won a fair judgment in this scandalous case.
Thank you very much for the interview.
Source: wPolityce