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In reply to the discussion: "Polish death camps" [View all]FBaggins
(27,746 posts)15. No... they aren't.
Last edited Thu May 31, 2012, 10:21 AM - Edit history (1)
Those who are still waiting... aren't listening.
And I say that as a descendant of polish jews.
Just one of the more recent:
Poland can still hear the never-fading cry of its citizens, Komorowski said in a letter he read at the event in the village of Jedwabne. Once again, I beg forgiveness.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/145610
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/145610
And from a decade earlier:
"For this crime we should beg the souls of the dead and their families for forgiveness," Kwasniewski said.
"This is why today, as a citizen and as the president of the Republic of Poland, I beg pardon. I beg pardon in my own name, and in the name of those Poles whose conscience is shattered by that crime."
http://articles.cnn.com/2001-07-10/world/poland.memorial_1_jedwabne-new-inscription-new-monument?_s=PM:WORLD
"This is why today, as a citizen and as the president of the Republic of Poland, I beg pardon. I beg pardon in my own name, and in the name of those Poles whose conscience is shattered by that crime."
http://articles.cnn.com/2001-07-10/world/poland.memorial_1_jedwabne-new-inscription-new-monument?_s=PM:WORLD
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It's a shame what we're seeing here. catholics weren't even mentioned in the article
Nuclear Unicorn
May 2012
#30
It's ridiculous because you just made it up with not a shred of evidence and keeping on repeating it
sabrina 1
May 2012
#83
Of course, but they did, probably disingenuously because it's clear to any rational person
sabrina 1
May 2012
#94
Again I disagree. I knew what the President meant when he said 'Polish Death Camp'...
truebrit71
May 2012
#58
It most definitely IS (and was). Take a look at a map and get back to me...
truebrit71
Jun 2012
#105
I took his comment as meaning "Polish death camps" as in "Nazi death camps in Poland"
Zalatix
May 2012
#23
Interesting that you expect a head of state to "stand up for their country"...
FBaggins
May 2012
#64
And there were just as many that were more than eager to assist the Nazis in their task...
truebrit71
May 2012
#62
I voted for #1. It was clearly a kind of slip of the tongue. His advisors and speech writers
CTyankee
May 2012
#39
Sarah's Key is a very good movie about France's complicity with rounding up Jews for
CTyankee
May 2012
#87
Coco Chanel was a Nazi collaborator, every time they discuss her company's clothes
adigal
May 2012
#98