Chris,
When will you understand that NO ONE is a winner
in war?
We can discuss the question of monetary compensation
till we are all blue in the face. Money cannot compensate
for anything, least of all the loss of loved ones.
This website is all about research, remembering and recognising
(bringing to the attention of others) what happened to our
families. It's not a platform for airing our personal
views on "right" and "wrong" or "good" and "bad".
Elizabeth
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----- Original Message -----
From: "chrisgladun" <cgladun@...>
To: <Kresy-Siberia@...>
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 2:23 PM
Subject: [Kresy-Siberia] Polish Deportations to USSR
The Konstanty Reynert Chair of Polish Studies in conjunction with The
Adam Mickiewicz Foundation in Canada will present a lecture by
Alexander J. Opalinksi, Ph.D Candidate, Department of History,
University of Toronto
THE DEPORTATIONS OF POLISH CITIZENS TO THE USSR, 1940-41
on Tuesday. February 5th, 2002, 7:30 pm,
Music Room, Hart House (University of Toronto)
Free Admission
Re admission of guilt/repartions/justice, by the Soviets/Russians to
Poles for loss of property, suffering, slave-labour, during WWII and
under Stalinism, I saw the news report on Polish TV (Toronto)on
Putin's visit to Poland and meeting with Kwasniewski, where this
question was brought up.
Soviet citizens who were victims of Stalinism, have been acknowledged
for some ten years, and are receiving compensation--even though it is
a pittance. But as one Polish survivor stated: "We haven't received
even one penny." Compensation presently is limited to those who were
residing in the former lands of the USSR and still live there--I
assume that the countless Polish graves there don't count.
Putin stipulated that any comparison or linkage between Nazi crimes
and Soviet crimes is not acceptable, and would not be productive.
What gall! We are witnessing Russian dilution of the suffering of
Poles and other nations at the hands of the Soviets--even as Stalin's
son is heading a new party in Russia! Some Russian historians and
writers still place Katyn at the hands of the Nazis, and Russian
Historiography, especially its teaching, can only be described as
revisionism, denial and whitewashing.
Yet Putin did lay a wreath at the monument to the Polish underground
and AK which would have been unthinkable a few years ago--but I doubt
if it was shown by Moscow TV.
Chris, Toronto
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