Tag: polish history
Better to Siberia than to the Poles. The Whitewashing of the Red Army at Poland’s Expense
Were Poles worse than Red Army soldiers? Yes they were, they werę so bad that their victims preferred Soviet Siberia to Poland? [...]
Lenin as Liberator? Russia’s Latest Historical Lie
Piłsudski, Daszyński, Witos, Dmowski? According to Moscow, none of them. Instead, Vladimir Lenin is now being portrayed as the father of Poland’s reg [...]
They lied about Józef Piłsudski
Russian propagandists frequently engage in the practice of projecting the very sins they themselves are guilty of onto Poland, the Polish society, and [...]
Why Is the Term “Polish Concentration Camps” Still Used in Germany?
In the German information space, instances of the term polnische Konzentrationslager (“Polish concentration camps”) continue to appear. Similar laps [...]
At 100, He Is Still Fighting the Lie of ‘Polish Concentration Camps’”
Stanisław Zalewski has reached the remarkable age of 100. He carries with him the haunting memories of the German Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz [...]
New US Ambassador Voices Support for Poland in Debate Over Historical Memory: “The World Must Hear the Truth”
The newly appointed United States Ambassador to Poland, Thomas Rose, has publicly expressed support for Poland in the ongoing dispute over historica [...]
The Katyn Lie
The decision to commit the crime against 25,700 Polish prisoners of war and inmates was made on March 5, 1940, by the Politburo of the Central Commit [...]
Poland Seeks Change to Controversial Yad Vashem Statement. Yad Vashem Refuses
Yad Vashem appears unwilling to amend its misleading statement regarding Poland. A spokesperson for the institution said: “The initial and subsequent [...]
Radosław Sikorski responds to Yad Vashem’s post
“Poland was the first country where Jews were forced to wear a distinctive badge in order to isolate them from the surrounding population,” wrote Yad [...]
Why Does the Kremlin Fear the Cross of the September Campaign?
Is this simply a political move, or yet another step in rewriting the historical narrative of the Katyń Massacre? And what weighs more heavily on the [...]