Dr. Michał Siekierka, an IPN employee, was not allowed into Ukraine on August 30 erstwhile he was going to the ceremony of 55 Polish victims of the Volynský crime in Ostrówka. Despite the intervention of the IPN, it inactive does not know the reason for the three-year ban on entry, and the Community and Memory Association accuses the Polish MFA of deficiency of effective support.
Prohibition without justification
Michał Siekierka was turned back on August 30 at the Dorohusk-Ja hours crossing. He travelled to Ukraine for the ceremony of the remains of 55 Poles, including 26 children, found in Ostrówków and Wola Ostrowiecka. How we described after the event, the historian learned during the inspection of the entry ban issued for 3 years in 2023. No justification was given to him.
The IPN asked the Ukrainian ambassador Vasil Bodnar to indicate the origin and basis of the decision. Intervention of the Institute has not yet produced a publically known answer. The axe said there was inactive silence in the case.
A citizen cannot be alone
The Community and Memory Association accused the Ministry of abroad Affairs of deficiency of real support for the Polish citizen. The substance requires a calm but firm reaction from the state. Poland has a work to defend the rights of its citizens and to request explanations, especially erstwhile it comes to a historian going to honor victims of genocide. The memory of the murdered and the dignity of their families must not be lost to authoritative silence.
