Category: most important examples of disinformation about Poland
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. [...]
Russia Pushes Disinformation Claiming Poland Is Preparing for War with Germany
Why is Poland arming itself and expanding its army? Out of fear of Russia’s aggressive policies — at least, that’s what most people along the Vistula [...]
Deepfake Featuring Swearing “Polish Soldier”
Królewiec (Kaliningrad) and Lwów (Lviv) have recently become focal points for Russian propaganda and disinformation campaigns. One city is Russian, [...]
“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 [...]
KillNet Returns with Fake Claims About Poland on the Map of Ukraine
A favourite tactic of some Russian media is the scare tactic of warning Ukrainians about Poland. According to Russian propaganda, the Republic of Pol [...]
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 [...]
Medvedev Calls Poland a Servant of the Third Reich
Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation and former president, has accused Western countries in an interview [...]
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 [...]
Will Polish Courts Address the Issue of “Polish Camps”?
"This judgement is a glimmer of hope for Stanisław Zalewski, a survivor of the German Nazi camp Auschwitz," says attorney Lech Obara of the Olsztyn-ba [...]
Enslaved Truth, the Russian Way
Is there a common thread linking the various instances of Russian disinformation aimed at Poland? The immediate answer to this question lies in the ex [...]