Marcin Bogdan: Memory manipulation

President Karol Nawrocki, in his moving speech in the following words, spoke of historical memory: “Our full community does not accept the evidence of what we know, what technological investigation has established and the planet does not accept the evidence of the Polish people built on the foundation of Christian values for over a 1000 years. For centuries the Polish people listened to the Gospel, built their Christian identity and their foundation in the words of Jesus Christ. Believing that God sent down his only-begotten boy so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but have eternal life; believing that God did not send down his boy to condemn the world, but to save the planet through him. All this gave our national community, the 1 formed in the First Republic, in II and in III the conviction that Christian values give us the chance to give and give goodness, love and mercy, which are the most crucial attributes of the Lord God. That is why the First Republic has become a place of life for so many Jews who could not find another place in Europe.”.

Radio manager Maryja, Father Tadeusz Rydzyk recalled that this is “The household of Radio Maryja began writing down testimonies about helping Jews and saving them during the Holocaust cooked by the Germans during planet War II. We have collected more than 40,000 testimonies and so many names of people who behaved in the top attempt." 1256 names of Poles who died for the rescue of Jews are immortalized in the Chapel of the Memorial of Toruń Shrine, and 31,485 names of those Poles who risked their lives saving their judaic fellow citizens during the Holocaust.

The celebration was besides attended by Israeli vice-ambassador Omer Chechek Katz. At the beginning of his speech, he said that it was a large honor for him that possibly “on behalf of the State of Israel take part in this ceremony dedicated to the memory and legacy of Poles saving Jews from the Holocaust under Nazi German occupationIt’s okay. ” After this brief introduction, vice-ambassador said that "There were besides those who worked with the torturerIt’s okay. ” Another part of his 16-minute appearance Omer Chechek Katz devoted to anti-Semitism, erstwhile and contemporary. He talked about the Sydney bombing in Australia and the events in London. He besides recalled Poland, but was incapable to mention any fact, he stated in general that "Also in Poland there is simply a noisy minority, which contributes to distorting historical memory, creating a climate of hostility and moral ambiguity towards Jews and besides another nationalities, another minorities. These people do not represent the Polish society, they defame the good name of Poland, and the memory of good Poles, like those commemorated on this monumentIt’s okay. ”

Omer Chechek Katz did not give the facts concerning both this "noisy minority" and who they were referred to during planet War II in the speech of the torturer. But the top of the manipulation was the message that his grandparents “They survived only due to the fact that they had already arrived in Israel in 1933It’s okay. ” Who is the vice-ambassador of Israel who does not know the contemporary past of his own country? Before planet War II, there was no State of Israel. His grandparents could at most emigrate to Palestine, the Mandate of Palestine, which was under British protectorate. On the National Memorial Day, Poles saving Jews, the vice-ambassador of Israel manipulated memory, tried to compose past again.

This is not the only painful reflection from this year's Memorial Day celebration. No typical of Germany took part in the celebration. There was not even a German ambassador. Isn't that something more important? possibly at the same time he had to be in the Polish Sejm, he had to make certain that the Polish Sejm passed laws in accordance with the interests of the German state?

The celebrations were attended by local bishops. The Toruń diocesan bishop Arkadiusz Okraj and the elder bishop of the Torun diocese Andrzej Suski were present. Only Bishop Thomas Peta of Kazakhstan was from bishops arriving from outside Toruń. Ceremony of the National Memorial Day with the participation of president Karol Nawrocki, erstwhile president Andrzej Duda and among the participants of the celebrations there is no Primate of Poland, there is no president of the Episcopal Conference, there are no Cardinals Rys and Krajewski. Are they besides more crucial in their responsibilities? At that time, possibly they were trailing around agrarian parishes and Rosary Circles for “noise” anti-Semitism? Or possibly they're looking for an anonymously signed Shepherd, author of the Letter of 404. Plenar meeting? possibly they set out on their way, possibly on their way to the synagogues without waiting for April 13.

Maybe it's even worse, possibly Polish bishops have touched on the "fatal deficit of love", love for Poles saving Jews, love for those who did not hesitate to hazard their lives for the defence of another man, for the defence of human dignity.

Mr Bogdan

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