Poland Institute of National Memory responded to the Chief's interview Ukrainian Institute of National Memory on the Volyn crime. The statements of the Ukrainian official, in whom the words about Poland's "state-genuine narrative" and about Volyn as a "local episode of history", rightly provoked outrage in Poland and were considered an effort to relativize genocide. specified lies are public spitting on murdered Poles! An even more effective consequence to this kind of historical forgery is the work of Jack Międlar, specifically the four-part documentary series “Neighbours. Last Witnesses of Ukrainian genocide in Poles" (all information here: https://FilmSasied.pl) and 2-volume book with the same title.
Director of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory Alexander Alfiorov in an interview with Ukrainian fact he referred to his visit to Poland, during which he accompanied Volodymyr Zelenski in a gathering with Karol Nawrocki. The interview stated that "The Volyn tragedy is 1 of the myths of the state of Poland", and for most Ukrainians it is "only a local episode of history".
I'm afraid not. Volynsk tragedy is 1 of the myths of the state of Poland. Not a myth, not a legend, but 1 of the key elements of the large Polish narrative. They see her not in numbers, but in emotions. Ask the Ukrainians how many people died during the Holodomor? They will answer you, millions. (...) It is the pain of the nation," said Alfiorov.
In the following part of the conversation he besides stated: – Poles have their pain. For most Ukrainians it is only a local episode of history, due to the fact that it only happened in Volyn. Could these events be called genocide, since the victims were on both sides?
These words were met with a clear reaction of the Polish IPN. The authoritative position emphasises: "The Volynsk crime is not a “volyńsk tragedy” or even a communicative or communicative – it is simply a genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists".
The Institute pointed out that more than 100 1000 murdered Polish citizens – in most women, children and older people – do not let these events to be brought to “epizoid”. It was besides pointed out that relativizing the crime is simply a form of its downplaying and denying the suffering of the victims.
The IPN position besides recalls the function of the CNS-UPA leaders, including Stepan Bandera and Roman Shuchewycz, emphasizing their work for cultural cleansing.
Memory dispute and historical narrative
In the assessment of critics of Ukrainian IPN activities, this institution has been pursuing for years a historical policy that has been entrenched in the banner communicative that relativises the work of the CNS-UPA and presents crimes as an component of ‘war’ or ‘conflict’ alternatively than planned cultural cleansing. The dispute concerns not only the number of victims, but the legal and moral qualifications of these events.
Against this background, the activities of the publicist, author of books and filmmakers are peculiarly crucial Jacek Międlar. It is he who responds in the most comprehensive and consistent way to attempts to relativize history. In 2 volumes of books Neighbors. Last Witnesses of Ukrainian genocide in Poles presented first interviews with witnesses of events and a comprehensive introduction.
In parallel, he created a documentary series about Ukrainian genocide in Poles, awarded many times at global movie festivals. This production was based on over 80 interviews with witnesses and experts, as well as extended archival material. This created a unique audiovisual archive – a collection of relations, papers and analyses that no 1 has always created in specified a broad and coherent form.
Importantly, the task was created without state subsidies, without support from media companies and without backing from NGOs. The full was implemented as an independent documentary initiative. Each of you can support this project. Information on Jack's page devoted to the show: https://filmsasis.pl/support
In this sense, Międlar's activity is simply a work that neither IPN nor non-governmental organizations, fudnations and associations call themselves "memorial guards": documenting witness relations, securing origin materials and disseminating them.
– It is worth adding that the IPN, besides in this statement, does not tell the truth. In 1939-1947 Ukrainians murdered about 650 1000 citizens of occupied and post-war Poland under Stalinist occupation: Poles, Czechs, Jews, Russians, Germans..., all who were citizens of our country.
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