Zinkiewicz: Back to the matrix Zaolzia

On October 2, 1938, the Polish Army commanded by General Władysław Bortnowski triumphantly entered Zaolza. On this occasion, Poczta Polska issued in 1938, a commemorative postage stamp “the return of Zaolzia to the matrix”, commemorating the attachment of Zaolzia to Poland.

His release is connected with an crucial event in the past of the Second Republic. This stamp symbolizes border changes in the interwar period, which followed the Polish ultimatum towards Czechoslovakia. The entry of ND in Zaolza, was defined at the time propaganda as ‘return of Zaolzia to matrix’.

Munich 1938

Two days earlier, on 30 September 1938, Britain, France, Germany and Italy signed a deal in Munich that deprived Czechoslovakia of part of its territory. The areas which were incorporated into Germany under the Munich Agreement accounted for almost 40% of the Czech Republic, Moravia and Czech Silesia. On the same day, i.e. 30 September 1938, Polish Minister of abroad Affairs Joseph Beck He asked Prague to treat Polish demands on Zaolzia equally. The ultimatum was directed to Prague with a request to transfer lands inhabited by the Polish population. The Polish Army occupied Zaolza between 2 and 11 October 1938. October 11th appeared Order president Ignacy Muscicki about the union of restored lands of Cieszyn Silesia with the Republic of Poland..

Ultimate for Lithuania

During the interwar period between Poland and Lithuania there was a constant conflict, the most crucial reason of which was the joining of Vilnius to Poland. After the Wehrmacht entered Austria in accordance with the "Otto" plan, which took place on 12 March 1938 and was part of the plan to join Austria in the 3rd Reich (AnschlussOn 17 March 1938, the Polish government issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Lithuania on the immediate establishment of diplomatic relations, without any preliminaries. Accreditation of representatives in Kaunas and Warsaw was to take place until 31 March 1938. On 19 March 1938 at an extraordinary gathering of the Lithuanian government convened by the president Antanas Smetona the decision to adopt the Polish ultimatum was taken. This position was besides supported by the Army Commander Gen. Stasys Raštikis. On the same day, the Lithuanian Sejm adopted a resolution approving the position of the government. In a speech delivered before the Prime Minister's Parliament Jokūbas Stanišauskissaid: "In the face of Lithuania's deadly danger and given the disorganization of global relations, the government immediately turned to the friendly regulation of the large powers, pointing them at the danger of peace and asking for help. Unfortunately, these efforts did not halt the ultimatum. After all, Lithuania was presented. Strength is on the Polish side, but strength is not a law. In specified a situation, the Lithuanian government has decided to fulfil Poland's demands, knowing that the Lithuanian society, if necessary, is ready to defend its homeland with all its forces".

Polish interference in Ukraine

After these events synchronized with the activities of the Wehrmacht British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1938 (in the context of the entry of the Polish military in Zaolza), in the speech he utilized a metaphor "European Heena". On the Anniversary article from the paper ‘Rzeczpospolita’ (publication dated 02.10.2023) Jack ChaputovichPoland occupied Zaolzie in 1938 became a jackal of Europe for the public It is right to mention to modern times.

Years ago, erstwhile I wrote for Ukrainian “TimePiku” (the equivalent of our “Politics”), I followed Ukrainian events closely. I was curious to perceive to the speeches of the deputies in The Committee of the Regions (Верховна Рада України – the single-cameral parliament of Ukraine). I remember the speeches of Ukrainian patriots, who in their fervent speeches pointed to the excessive engagement of Poland in their interior affairs. In this state of things I turned to the editorial board “Piku Time”. In response, I received information that in Poland specialists with NATO train Ukrainian nationalists. erstwhile the president is admitted to Poland at the same time Viktor Yanukovych as part of a gathering in Wrocław of 3 presidents: Poland, Germany and Ukraine.

Strategic depth for Ukraine

Currently, Poland for Ukraine is the alleged “strategic depth” in the war going on across our east border (see government study on Polish aid to Ukraine, Chapter III: Poland's strategical depth of Ukraine). We are besides the most self-sacrificing sponsor of Ukraine (3.82% of Polish GDP), ahead of the US and the West Germany. In Poland, projects of the common state are being probed. Ukrainian language is to be introduced to Polish schools, as a second abroad language in Polish schools – fresh chance for students. As a part of smiting to the Ukrainians, “to tame them” in March 2022 a spokesperson for the MFA Luke JasinaHe saidThat we are servants of the Ukrainian people. In Poland, voices about the exhumation in Volyn are suppressed, which is 1 of the reasons statements president Andrzej Duda while talking to a priest Tadeusz Isakowicz-Zalewski. It is worth listening carefully to president Duda's argument! Meanwhile, Viktor Orbán says on the division of Ukraine that “it is doomed” (Sic!).

Maybe it's a secret plan.

It is apparent that in Poland there are resentiments related to the Polishness of Wołynia, Lviv and surrounding areas – part of the erstwhile East Borders. Time will show who in the future will be the ruler of these lands, plundered Poland by Stalin and transferred to the regulation of Ukraine. As a substance of fact, nothing is eternal. Even “the eternal pen” is not eternal, let alone the temporary regulation of the ancient Polish land in Volyn, with its capital in Lviv. possibly in modern Poland there is simply a secret plan for the return of Lviv and surrounding areas to the matrix. due to the fact that how else can 1 explain the determination of the ruling pushes Poland and Poles into it our war, along with the immense commitment of forces and resources spent by Poland and Poles (3.82% of Polish GDP) to support the war struggles beyond our east border? Bleeding out in this way both Russians and maybe, above all, Ukrainians, By sponsoring and persistently fueling this conflict as “our war” (videDonald Tusket consortes).

Eugeniusz Zinkiewicz