It is inappropriate that during the commemoration of the airdrops during the 1944 Battle of Arnhem, which is so important to Poles amongst others, Germans should participate in the commemorative parachute jumps.
Seemingly small and irrelevant actions can in fact contribute to far-reaching changes. That’s how it is with historical politics. Germany is making such changes in the international consciousness through several small, seemingly unimportant moves.
The effect is that many people have started to believe that the German nation is in no way responsible for the Second World War, which was provoked by some “Nazis”. An Italian travel guide had once written, that Lombardy had been attacked by multiple peoples throughout history – “Longobards, Huns and Nazis.”
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Who is to blame for the EU’s pandemic crisis?
Depending on how efficient the EU is in fighting the pandemic, Brussels will either receive more competencies in the future or an integration crisis lies ahead of us, writes Rzeczpospolita columnist Jędrzej Bielecki
The West is losing ‘cheap’ Central and Eastern European workers due to the pandemic
Disruption of migration flow has major economic consequences
Hungary’s ruling Fidesz protests erection of Lenin statue in Germany
“Offends the memory of the victims of Communism”
Opinion: We must preserve the crimes of totalitarianism or risk losing our past
The fight for historical truth
Fewer Poles are living abroad
The main reason is the favorable Polish job market.
Poland protests Nazi death camp map inaccuracy in Netflix show
Netfilx is “closely looking into the case”.
Poles are coming home from the UK
Still around 900,000 Pole live in the UK.
Brits take their cue from Poland and open a new coal mine
Shock! A new coal mine will soon be open in England!
Poland and Germany can be allies on migration
Obligatory migrant quotas are a “dead idea”.
Morawiecki: Avoiding chaotic no-deal Brexit should be top priority
More than a million Poles live in the UK
Poland’s long history of tolerance
While the European left accuse Poles of being intolerant, it would be good to remind them of the Polish tradition of tolerance, writes Jerzy Lubach.
95-year-old Polish war veteran vs. Germany’s ZDF
A court in Kraków will return to a case brought by a Polish veteran against the ZDF TV channel and the producers of controversial TV series “Our mothers, our fathers” for its portrayal of Poles. The 95-year-old veteran of the Home Army (AK), captain Zbigniew Radłowski who has brought the case will attend the court hearing.