do you know where Auschwitz is on the map?
Not only poland was non-existant back then, the camp wasnt even on polands ground to begin with
Yep, thats how brainwashed you are.
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BUT as soon as a government starts re-writing the history books and jailing people for expressing opinions, that is the sign of a sick government.
read the article. its the opposite - you can get jailed if you LIE
a) Poland looks pretty big on that map.
b) I don't know where Auschwitz is, I'm not a WW2 history buff and the location of one specific facility is not relevant.
c) I am not brainwashed. Most of the information on this subject I have has come from this thread, and a couple of internet searches I have done after reading this thread.
We were taught some general information about WW2 when I went to school. The basic message we were taught was that the Germans were responsible, and the first thing they did was invade Poland and oppress the Poles. Prior to reading this thread I have never heard anything negative about the activity of Polish nationals in WW2 ever. Mainly, I would guess, because I'm pretty disinterested in war history.
99.9% of any negative influence on me about Poland has come directly from YOU. I don't really know any other Poles and for the first 40 years of my life I probably spent a total of maybe 1-2 minutes thinking about Poland. Ever. In my life. Couldn't care less.
I will resist the impulse to jugde all of the Polish people by the very poor example that you set as a cultural ambassador, as I feel sure there must be many intelligent, educated and enlightened in Poland.
d) "you can get jailed if you LIE" is absolutely what I was talking about. Who decides if someone is "lying"? The politicians? The police? The judges? What is the "real" version of events?..... This is 100% a law jailing people for speaking anything other that the "official" version of events. It goes right to the very foundations of fascism. The truth does not require laws like this, only fascists do.