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19-02-2019, 01:57 PM | #1 | |||
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19-02-2019, 02:00 PM | #2 | |||
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Poland got invaded by Nazi-Germany and Russia i thought
also several of their officers got murdered by russians ok there were concentration camps in poland, but it's not like polish had a choice back then or any rights in their country which was taken by nazi's
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19-02-2019, 03:31 PM | #3 | ||
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it's true, Nicky, but it's more complicated than that
Poland has a record numbers of its citizens honoured by Israel for helping Jews, but there was antisemitism and collaboration with the Nazis by some Poles too. Like in the rest of Europe I might add. I believe Poland had the most Jews per population before the war and there were tensions between Jews and Poles. It's a long and complicated history, starting with Poland inviting Jews to settle when they were persecuted in other parts of Europe centuries ago through increasingly uneasy cohabitation and then the war, up to the post-war pogrom of Jews by Poles in Jedwabne and finally push by the Communists to make Jews emigrate in 1968. The Israeli government knows all that so such one-sided statements are unhelpful to both countries. The funny thing is that for all animosity, Poles and Jews share an awful lot of culture so my hope is that eventually the common ground will prevail. Last edited by Twosugars; 19-02-2019 at 03:34 PM. |
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19-02-2019, 03:48 PM | #4 | |||
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but thank you for this information, some i didn't know yet
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19-02-2019, 04:17 PM | #5 | ||
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you're welcome, Nickster
but no, not like Vichy at all. Vichy was a puppet government of the French by the French. Poles didn't have a puppet government. Most Polish lands were absorbed by the Reich and the Soviet Union and what was left was governed by the Germans like a colony of sorts. |
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19-02-2019, 11:20 PM | #6 | |||
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I mean it's not exactly diplomatic language lbh
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20-02-2019, 09:48 AM | #7 | |||
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There were 3.3 million Polish Jews at the start of WW2, 3 million of them were murdered leaving only just over 300,000 alive. Lots of those Jews were handed over by their countrymen who went on to steal their homes and property.
Those 3 million died in agony, starved, freezing, beaten... men, women, children... in the ghettos and the the death camps, Chelmo, Sobibor, Belzec, Treblinka, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Majdanek. So sorry a few words upset the Poles. Last edited by Livia; 20-02-2019 at 09:48 AM. |
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20-02-2019, 10:01 AM | #8 | |||
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Poland right now Nicky
is Extreme Right Wing. Its amazing they are in the EU club. |
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20-02-2019, 10:03 AM | #9 | |||
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they will need to be careful, otherwise they get sanctions just like Hungary now from EU
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20-02-2019, 10:05 AM | #10 | |||
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20-02-2019, 11:03 AM | #11 | ||
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20-02-2019, 11:10 AM | #12 | ||
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The extreme fear brings the best and the worst in people. Collaboration with the Nazis took place all over Europe. Don't see Netanyahu picking fights with other countries, let alone the perpetrator of it all, Germany? Jews from all over Europe were shipped to the camps you mention. Poland lost 6 million citizens in the war, 3 million were Jews, the other 3 million were Poles. I'm not in denial about what some Poles did or about anti-semitism present in Poland (like the rest of Europe), but let's take the full picture into account and not insult heroes by tarring the whole nation with the same brush. |
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20-02-2019, 11:11 AM | #13 | |||
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20-02-2019, 11:16 AM | #14 | ||
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Duh, of course I do not know you, like you do not know me. Not many people here know each other, properly. I'm going by your comments only.
oh, and for a full picture, the current Israeli government is right wing too. Last edited by Twosugars; 20-02-2019 at 11:18 AM. |
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20-02-2019, 11:17 AM | #15 | |||
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Yes, lots of Poles helped, they hid people, they got people out of the country, putting themselves at risk... but lots took the opportunity to strip Jews of their property and possessions. Lots of Polish families now live in houses stolen from Jews. A large number of Poles came to the UK and joined the war effort, the RAF, the army... similarly lots of Poles collaborated with the Germans and worked for the Nazis in the concentration camps. And Poles fell to Russians , a million of them in fact. The difference between Germany and Poland for me is that Germany has laid its soul bare, come to terms with what they did and made peace with it. Poland is still turning a blind eye. Last edited by Livia; 20-02-2019 at 11:19 AM. |
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20-02-2019, 11:19 AM | #16 | |||
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20-02-2019, 11:26 AM | #17 | ||
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Again, for a full picture, you are aware that there were Jews who worked for Germans in camps too?
Tbh with you Livia, knowing human nature, I'm not surprised people's basest instincts were on show, are you? And I'd hazzard a guess that villains outnumbered heroes. And you're right that Poland still needs to have moral reconning with the past. Honest national debate in Poland during decades of communism was impossible. Communists distorted the whole history of WWII and such distorted version was taught in schools. This version of exclusively heroic actions of Poles and saviour role of Soviets is deeply ingrained in people's psyche, they were brought up on it. My point is that officials in Israeli government should have a more nuanced view of the situation and see the full picture. |
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20-02-2019, 11:27 AM | #18 | |||
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but its protecting its land. It's a Fight on Land that goes back to before you and I were born. On you , you are intelligent that I like. Last edited by arista; 20-02-2019 at 11:27 AM. |
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20-02-2019, 11:29 AM | #19 | ||
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Oh, and I didn't accuse you Livia of insulting anyone. And even if you did, nvm. As private individuals we have that luxury.
My point is that at government level things should be different. |
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20-02-2019, 11:31 AM | #20 | ||
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Lol, you're intelligent too Arista, but very stubborn |
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20-02-2019, 11:34 AM | #21 | |||
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and i'd wish the entire Israëli, Palestine conflict just stops since it has been going on and on, in a neverending way it seems
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20-02-2019, 11:41 AM | #22 | |||
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The Poles co-operated with the Nazis probably more than any other nationality. Members of partisan organisations actively hunted and killed Jews who escaped ghettos and camps, and they weren't alone, ordinary Polish citizens also hunted and killed Jews, especially in rural areas. After the war, lots of collaborators were tried an executed, and rightly so; but this doesn't, for me, wipe out the wrongs. It is not an end to the matter. What's more, anti-Semitism in pre-war Poland was rife and the government excluded Jews from certain areas of public life. I acknowledge the wrongs my country has done. I acknowledge the wrongs Israel has done... time for Poland to do the same. |
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20-02-2019, 11:47 AM | #23 | |||
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And yes, at government level things should be different. But it is not a secret that many Poles were involved in the extermination of Jews. And gays, and Romanies, and Jehovah's Witnesses and the Masons and the disabled and lots of other people too.... and I won't insult their memory by pretending Poland was all good. |
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20-02-2019, 11:52 AM | #24 | ||
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Many Poles were also involved in the extermination of Poles. The way you make it sound is as if Poles were perpetrators and not the victims too. Those Jews were also Polish. Those gays, Romanies, Jehova Witnesses, Masons and the disabled were Polish too, as were millions of Catholic Poles. Edit: Actually who need Germans in the picture? It was all Poles, don't you know Last edited by Twosugars; 20-02-2019 at 11:54 AM. |
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