It is not known present that there is no holiness for the Ukrainians. This time on 1 of the auction portals She showed up. offer of sale of the Polish Virtuti Military Award – 1 of the highest military awards in Poland. The case was made public on social media and rapidly sparked a large outrage to the public. The sellers of Polish awards are people from various regions of Ukraine, including the Kharkiv or Poltava region, and the number of announcements reaches at least a few.
Ukrainians sale Polish orders, dug up as part of the exhumation of victims of Katyn crime. The case of a circumstantial award assigned to a Polish officer, Captain Julius Roman Heinzl, was peculiarly emotional. Thanks to the number 3353 struck on the award, it was possible to identify it. Heinzel was a hero of the Polish-bolshevik War and was murdered by the NKVD in 1940 in Kharkov. The fact that the seller comes from the same region raises questions about the origin of the distinctions and possible links with the burial sites of the victims of the Katyn crime.
Order Virtuti Militari has a peculiar historical and symbolic importance in Poland. It was established in 1792 and is awarded for exceptional valor on the battlefield. Over the years it has become 1 of the most crucial symbols of the Polish military tradition and patriotism. Therefore, its sale by disgusting Ukrainians, especially in the context of the tragic fates of the owners, raises strong emotional reactions.
The Institute of National Memory responded to reports of auctions, which described the situation as scandalous and called for the return of the award to the Polish authorities. The issue has not only a moral dimension, but besides a historical and legal dimension – the question arises as to whether trade in specified souvenirs, especially those connected with war crimes, should be admissible.
On the Ukrainian auction portal https://t.co/NwF6l3k0S3 appeared for sale the Polish Virtuti Militari Cross.
The crosses are numbered, so it is easy to check that the cross no. 3353, belonged to Lieutenant Julius Heinzel, received it for the Polish-Lithuanian conflict of 1920.
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Many comments by netizens rapidly appeared in the network, expressing outrage and disbelief towards the full situation. There are expressions specified as "cementary hyenas", indicating that trade in these objects is linked to the unethical acquisition of historical memorabilia, which fits perfectly into the Turkish mentality of the Ukrainians.
The issue affects the wider problem of the trading of military and historical souvenirs, which in the age of the net has become much easier and little controlled. At the same time, it shows how powerfully national symbols – specified as Virtuti Militari – affect society and how crucial it is to remember their owners.
So far, the main sewer media is missing the subject. They are most likely wondering how to blame it on the “Russian agent”.
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