“Since the Polish side did not invite President Putin to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, it was to be expected that Duda would not have voting rights in Israel. In this situation, he could not fly there,” the ex-president said.
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According to Walesa, Putin should have been invited to events in Poland and emphasized that it was the Red Army that liberated the concentration camp. “This is a historical truth, and no one will change it, and if the Polish government wants to create its own historical narrative, this is too frivolous. If we want a good relationship with Russia, we must dialogue with it, but it needs to be done in a certain way. I know that it’s possible, “added the former head of state.
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Commemorative events in honor of the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz in Poland should be held on January 27. Putin is not supposed to be present there. At the same time, in July 2019, the Polish authorities announced their intention to send an invitation to the President of Russia.
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The World Holocaust Forum will be held January 22-23 at the Yad Vashem memorial in Israel. Putin’s planned visit, which should be the “main guest of the forum,” according to media reports, has become one of the main reasons for Duda’s refusal to travel. The president of Poland himself explained his decision by saying that the organizers of the events in Poland decided not to give him the floor.
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Auschwitz was the largest and longest-running Nazi extermination camp, and therefore has become one of the main symbols of the Holocaust. About 1.4 million people, of whom about 1.1 million are Jews, died in Auschwitz in 1941-1945. The camp was liberated on January 27, 1945 by troops of the Red Army.
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In 2018, the Polish authorities passed a law criminalizing the country’s complicity in Nazi war crimes. The law has been criticized, including by Israel, which opposed historical revisionism.
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