Polish-Jewish Relations: 1,300 Keyword-Phrase-Indexed Book Reviews (by Jan Peczkis)

Zatruwania Pamieci, by Leszek Zebrowski. 2014

The Jedwabne Coverup, and a Survey of Common Falsifications of History Regarding Poles, Jews, and WWII

THE POISONING OF MEMORY: JEDWABNE, NALIBOKI, KONIUCHY (1941). THE POLITICIZATION OF HISTORY IN THE THIRD (POLISH) REPUBLIC is the title of this Polish-language work on the Jedwabne exhumation coverup. Historian Leszek Zebrowski points out the broad-based tendency to rewrite history in order to cast Poles as villains. Consider the way that WWII is portrayed in the “Polish” (actually mostly foreign-owned) media. Polish sufferings are ignored. The Nazis are de-Germanized. And so on…

The purpose of all this is to indoctrinate Poles into thinking that they have no worthiness, and that they need to subordinate their goals to that of non-Poles and foreign influences. This is the classic PEDAGOGIKA WSTYDU (Pedagogy of Shame).

THE COVERUP AT JEDWABNE

Leszek Zebrowski recounts the falsehoods of neo-Stalinist Jan T. Gross relative to NEIGHBORS and FEAR. The author stresses the fact that we do not know how many Germans were actively involved (and NOT merely as spectators and photographers) in the Jedwabne massacre. (e. g, p. 36). He takes umbrage at the fact that the exhumations at Jedwabne were stopped just when the evidence began to show the mendacity of Jan T. Gross’ accusations, especially in view of the fact that in no nation has a forensic exhumation stopped just because some religious leaders voiced an objection to it! (p. 28).

SUPPRESSED FACTS ON SOVIET CRIMES AND THEIR PERPETRATORS

The author touches on various aspects of Jewish-Soviet collaboration during and after WWII. Few readers realize that Soviet-Communist-inspired Jewish bands murdered over 10,000 Poles (mainly teachers, clergy, etc.) during the Soviet invasion of eastern Poland (Kresy) in 1939. (p. 71, 93-95, etc.).

Zebrowski examines the massacre of Polish civilians, by Jews serving the Soviets, at Naliboki and Koniuchy. He finds convincing evidence that the Bielski units were directly complicit in this heinous crime.