NEWS

15/07/2025

13:40

This is How Historical and Cultural Policy is Implemented. A Riddle - For Which State?

"The text of the Warsaw Uprising oath is disappearing from the Museum of the Second World War; a German name appears on a bridge in Wrocław; the White Eagle is disappearing from the auditorium of the University of Wrocław, replaced by a portrait of a Prussian king; the symbol of Fighting Poland is disappearing from the Ministry of Climate and Environment" - Mateusz Morawiecki wrote on X.

"The inscription 'Poczta Polska' is disappearing from the Gdańsk post office, replaced by the inscription 'Postamt'; the Museum of Gdańsk is calling Wehrmacht soldiers 'Our Boys' and describing service in the Nazi army as 'excitement caused by a new experience and the opportunity to see previously unknown aspects'" - he continued in his post.

"The Pilecki Institute is halting the documentation of Russian war crimes in Ukraine; in Berlin, the Pilecki Institute cancelled a conference on art looted by Germany during World War II because it was inconvenient during the Polish presidency. This is how historical and cultural policy is implemented. Now, the riddle - for which state?" - he concluded.