“The Opole Voivode decided to remove information about the names of the late. Maria and Lech Kaczyński, as well as the Kowalczyk Salom brothers at the provincial office in Opole. This seems like a continuation of the actions that took place a few weeks ago at the Ministry of Climate and Environment, when the sacred symbol of the struggle against Poland and the plaque dedicated to soldiers of the communist underground were removed. In Katowice the former name of one of the squares, which was later changed to pl. as part of the decommunization law, are restored. late Lech Kaczyński,” said Dr. Rafał Leśkiewicz, spokesperson for the Institute of National Remembrance, on Telewizja wPolska.
Dr. Leśkiewicz recalled that Lech Kaczyński has merits from the time he was active in the anti-communist opposition.
We are talking about a man who contributed to Polish history not only as President of the Republic of Poland, but also as an outstanding anti-communist opposition activist. (…) Should we erase the name of this Pole from the public space, from Polish memory, just because – to put it bluntly – he is the brother of an active politician operating in the opposition environment? This is a complete confusion of concepts; Such a thing should absolutely not happen in a democratic constitutional state
– he said.
“There were no reparations from Germany and Poland never renounced these reparations.
The IPN spokesperson also referred to the issue of reparations from Germany. According to the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Radosław Sikorski, Poland can no longer request reparations because the issue had already been resolved at the Potsdam Conference in 1945.
If we eliminate important events from Polish history, we can see the consequences of such an action, for example in the statement of Minister Radosław Sikorski. Of course, this is a grim joke, because Secretary Sikorski knows full well what the issue of reparations looks like. There were no reparations from Germany and Poland never renounced these reparations
– emphasized Dr. Rafał Leśkiewicz.
It is absolutely incomprehensible to say that Poland has renounced reparations or that it has been decided over the heads of the Poles that there would be no reparations (…). Until 1990, Poland was a Soviet colony, so it did not speak for itself, there were no democratically elected authorities (…). All decisions regarding the waiving of reparations were not made by a legally democratically elected government, but by a government of Soviet collaborators
– added.
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Source: wPolityce