Category: Opinion Story

U.S. Senator Lankford inappropriately and incompetently interferes in Polish affairs by demanding President Duda cancel bill that overhauls the Administrative Procedure Code.

U.S. Senator Lankford inappropriately and incompetently interferes in Polish affairs by demanding President Duda cancel bill that overhauls the Administrative Procedure Code.

  Letter to Senator Lankford criticizing his claim that a Poish bill creates new obstacles for Jews seeking to reclaim property. The Honorable James Lankford July 22, 2021 United States Senate 316 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 RE: Polish Restitution Law Dear Senator Lankford, I am writing in response to your 19 July…

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LA Times Reporter Writing About the Holocaust Exhibits Ignorance of Basic Facts.

LA Times Reporter Writing About the Holocaust Exhibits Ignorance of Basic Facts.

Photo of Polish civilians  executed by German forces at Rożki, in German occupied Poland, on October 12, 1942.   Tracy Wilkinson Claims Poland has not accepted responsibility for its role in the Nazi-ordered genocide. My letter educates her on historical truths. Dear Ms. Wilkinson, I am writing in response to your June 24 article in…

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Misinformation Against Poland Continues in the Media While Arguments Remain Flawed. A Review of Mikhal Dekel in the Boston Review.

Misinformation Against Poland Continues in the Media While Arguments Remain Flawed. A Review of Mikhal Dekel in the Boston Review.

Polish civilians killed by the German SS in occupied Warsaw, August 1944.   Mikhal Dekel’s accusations of Polish complicity in the Holocaust and of suppression of the evidence by the Polish governing party are false. Gene Sokolowski, PhD Mikhal Dekel, in her June 1, 2021 article in the Boston Review titled “Poland’s Current Memory Politics…

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World War II ended  75 years ago, but Time magazine, Olivia Roache and Olivia Waxman are still attacking Poland and the Polish victims.

World War II ended  75 years ago, but Time magazine, Olivia Roache and Olivia Waxman are still attacking Poland and the Polish victims.

The below is a letter criticizing an article by Madeline Roache and Olivia B. Waxman that appeared in Time magazine.  The letter was sent to Ms. Waxman and the Editor.  No response, of course. === Dear Ms. Waxman, I am writing in response to your piece “World War II in Europe Ended 75 Years Ago—But…

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The Independent and Rivkah Brown. Another example of Russian influences in the Western media?

The Independent and Rivkah Brown. Another example of Russian influences in the Western media?

Introduction: The below text was sent to individuals associated with The Independent several months ago.  Naturally, there was no response.  Why? Considering the overlap of the content of the opinion pieces of Rivkah Brown with the anti-Polish narrative propagated by the former Soviet Union and current Russia, one can at least start to wonder if…

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Swiss Press Council ignores anti-Polish narrative of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Swiss Press Council ignores anti-Polish narrative of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung

In a disgraceful decision of March 27, 2020, the Swiss Press Council (Presserat) decided to reject a complaint against an anti-Polish lampoon entitled “We do not tolerate such a picture of history – a Polish campaign against Holocaust research” that appeared in the leading Swiss daily Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) on March 28, 2019. The…

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MP Daniel Kawczynski did nothing wrong and, unlike his accusers, has no reason to apologize!

MP Daniel Kawczynski did nothing wrong and, unlike his accusers, has no reason to apologize!

Recently, the only Polish born member of the British parliament was attacked for attending a National Conservatism conference in Rome that, amongst other agenda items, paid tribute to Polish Pope John Paul II and Ronald Reagan for their role in bringing down Communism in Eastern Europe. One of the critics of MP Kawczynski stated that…

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In defense of the Polish Ambassador to Ireland

In defense of the Polish Ambassador to Ireland

IN DEFENSE OF THE POLISH AMBASSADOR TO IRELAND As the son of a member of the Polish Underground unit Zoska that was acknowledged by Yad Vashem for saving 350 Jews during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, I take umbrage at the letters by Alan Shatter and Oliver Sears published in the Irish Times on October 4th…

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