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14/07/2025

14:35

"There is no consent to relativize history." Duda on the exhibition "Our Boys"

Michał Olech

"There is no consent to relativize history! I receive the information about the exhibition 'Our Boys' at the Museum of Gdańsk with indignation" - wrote President Andrzej Duda on social media. "Portraying soldiers of the Third Reich as 'ours' is not only historical falsehood, it is a moral provocation, even if the photos of young men in the uniforms of Hitler's army depict Poles forcibly conscripted into the German army. As a nation, Poles were victims of German occupation and German terror, not its perpetrators or participants. Gdańsk – the place where World War II began – cannot be a stage for narratives that blur the responsibility of the perpetrators. Such actions undermine the foundations of our identity and offend the respect for the Victims. As President of the Republic, I firmly oppose this. Whoever relativizes crimes disarms the nation's conscience."

Michał Olech