The decision to initiate an uprising in Warsaw in 1944 was madness! Hail the Insurgents! Shame on those who caused it! I'm writing those bitter words today, leaving next day to reflect.
The 82nd anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising passes. This is 1 of the most tragic chapters of our Polish history. At that time 40,000 soldiers went to senseless death and disability – including the most self-serving young Poles. They sent children to die! 200,000 of our people died, and the capitals were turned into a pile of rubble and debris.
The treasures of national culture are gone – our monuments, infrastructure, industry, collections. The uprising met the political goals of Germany better than ours – Polish. “From a historical point of view, it is simply a blessing that Poles do so. After 5 or six weeks, we'll get out of this. And after that Warsaw, the capital, the head, the intelligence of this erstwhile 16-17-million people of Poles will be destroyed, this nation that has been blocking the East for 700 years and has been on our way since the First conflict of Tannenberg. And then historically the Polish problem will no longer be a large problem for our children and for all those who will come after us, but even for us" – he joyfully reported to the chief of the 3rd Reich Heinrich Himmler. After 63 days of fighting, Warsaw died.
Instead of analyzing, brooding and drawing conclusions, there will be a patriotic foaming again. What was the political and military meaning of this uprising? What was his intent and could it give Poland anything? At the celebrations of his tragic anniversary, there are again idle claims to Stalin and the claim that the moods were already so revolutionary that it could not be contained and the order to emergence had to die. But was it so hard for the analysts of that time to foretell what they could do and how Stalin would behave? They knew precisely what the USSR's optics were and what was the overarching objective. I hear memories that we were hoping for greater aid from the English. Really? Why was it not learned from the faithless attitude of the Allies in 1939, but naively put everything on the same page again? Was there anything done to keep the hearts and heads cool and to pour more sense into them? Where was the political work of the then leadership and command? How much was the “London government” worth?
The elite of the time failed. They only had the ability to succumb to the romanticist temper of the street. The answers to these questions are besides provided by the present state of awareness of Poles, which is inactive in general akin to that. These elites have continued on the political phase today. For many years there has been a pattern of irrational hatred of everything from the East, and inactive the same naive belief in automatic aid from the West. inactive the same moronic belief that we will force any gratitude there, or that we have an work to belong there.
The declarations of politicians – especially the solidarity camp – are idiotic that we have proved something to the planet and to ourselves. It is scandalous to say that thanks to the uprising we may have avoided the destiny of 1 of the USSR republics. The leaders of the day have forgotten, and present they do not remember warnings. Roman Dmowski“By risking Poland, its future must not be lost either by an individual, or by organizing any or even a full generation. due to the fact that Poland is not owned by 1 or another Pole, 1 or another camp, or even a generation."
The Warsaw Uprising has long plunged us as a nation into human and moral infirmity. Henryk Sienkiewicz He wrote that “blood does not regret, but it should not be for nothing.” But it's the blood's grief. Regret it, due to the fact that it's in vain in the name of the romanticist bullshit that the irresponsible politicians put on young people. It is not adequate to teardrop and remember – this wound must be scratched and drawn to conclusions. Sometimes you gotta die for your country, but more crucial to live wisely for it. And in order not to repeat these unforgivable mistakes again, you request to advance sober patriotism and honest reasoning about politics.
Praise the brave insurgents – those from AK, AL, ZWM, KB, PAL, BCh, NSZ. Shame on the perpetrators of tragedy.
Łukasz Jastrzeżski
PS. It is especially worth reminding present that during the uprising Poles murdered not only Germans. Let us remember the tragedy of Wola. Let us read the memory of a survivor. Wanda Lurie.
Finally, 3 opinions on the Warsaw uprising:
Paweł Jasienica he was right "The Warsaw Uprising was directed militarily against Germany, politically against the Russians and indeed against Poles themselves"
Prof. Wiesław Chrzanowski He wrote, “The uprising is simply a criminal crime for which any Polish centres are responsible. This is how these accidents are judged by Polish society, how they look in reality. The guilty must be held accountable."
Prof. Jan Ciechanowski "The uprising ended with a terrible defeat, disaster and ruin that has not touched any another capital in Europe since the Huns invaded Rome. 200,000 people were killed, 500,000 were exiled and sentenced to dissension. The city was razed. This is the biggest mistake made by the AK Command.”
