Anus mundi. 80th anniversary of the liberation of the German Auschwitz-Birkenau camp

The celebration was carefully prepared for many months. The guest list was long. From the beginning, it was known that Vladimir Putin would not be invited, who, due to an arrest warrant issued by the global Criminal Court, would not have appeared (ambassador of Russia in Poland S. Andreyev was reportedly invited, but stated that he would not attend the ceremonies, for “the planet of the West does not remember who liberated the camp. ” Putin sent a letter to the celebration participants, in which he wrote: We will always remember that it was the russian soldier who defeated the terrible, full evil and won the victory, whose greatness will forever be recorded in the past of the planet (...). Russian citizens are direct descendants and heirs of a generation of planet War II winners. It is not known how many people who were invited to the celebration read the letter, but most likely not many.

No another politician came to Poland pursued by the global Criminal Court, Prime Minister of Israel Binjamin Netanyahu, despite the fact that at the request of president Andrzej Duda the Polish government guaranteed him immunity. Israeli Prime Minister preferred to stay in the country and send his education minister Yoava Kisch.

King Charles III of the United Kingdom landed in Cracow the day before the celebrations. It was his 4th visit to our country, but first in the function of monarch. He visited the judaic Community Centre in Kraków Kazimierz, which was established under his patronage. The king met with representatives of the judaic diaspora. During the speech, however, he did not mention Polish victims, who had over 70 1000 in Auschwitz, and over 2 million during the full war. After the ceremony, this sparked an unprecedented reaction by Marcin Mastalerek, head of the cabinet of president Andrzej Duda. “This is embarrassing,” said Mastalerek in an interview with Bogdan Rymanowski.

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