Category: Disinformation related to Polish history
The Russians Are Lying: There Were No Polish Guards at Auschwitz
The false claim that Polish guards served at Auschwitz was published by the Russian state news agency TASS in a statement issued on January 27, 2025. [...]
“Polish Camps” — A Lie
Suggesting that “the Holocaust was somehow the fault of Poles” is more than unfair. This is not to deny, of course, that there were Poles who blackma [...]
They Were Called “Hitlerites” for Praying
Are there Hitler supporters in Poland? According to one Russian website — yes. Supposedly, they are people who insist that the Soviet Army did not li [...]
Aleksandr Dugin: The Ideologue Behind Anti-Polish Disinformation
A closer examination of anti-Polish disinformation in Russia reveals that it is created and shaped by more than just propagandist journalists, politic [...]
Death Camps Were Not Located in Poland
The phrase "Polish death camp" is becoming less frequent in European and American media, yet the nationality of the Nazis who operated these camps is [...]
Poles May Seek Apologies in Poland for “Polish Camps” Slur
The written justification for the Supreme Court's groundbreaking ruling on the use of the phrase "Polish death camps" has now been published. This mar [...]
This time, they’ve fabricated a story about 20,000 NATO soldiers.
In early May, Russian media raised an alarm, claiming that over 22,000 NATO troops had amassed in Gdańsk. The source of this information was traced ba [...]
Poles faced death penalty for helping Jews
"Poles faced the death penalty for helping Jews - not only those who provided help directly, but also their loved ones, the entire family,” said Presi [...]
Russian Media Outlets Mislabel Treblinka as a “Polish Camp”
At least several Russian news platforms have referred to the Nazi German extermination camp at Treblinka as a "Polish death conveyor.” Among these pla [...]
She Survived Because She Was Too Weak to Cry
Mistakes involving the misleading term "Polish death camp" when referring to the German Nazi camp Auschwitz continue to surface in media out [...]