24 May 2023 | News
25 May marks the International Day of the Heroes of the Struggle against Totalitarianism. Exactly 75 years ago, UB functionaries murdered Captain Witold Pilecki. The apparatus of the communist regime, while murdering Witold Pilecki, also tried to kill the memory of his deeds. Despite decades of lies destroying his reputation, the truth about Witold Pilecki has survived. Thanks to this, today we can give him the honour due to him and draw inspiration from his life.
Poland has raised patriots who did not hesitate to sacrifice their lives to fight for a free homeland. Great patriots such as Józef Piłsudski, Kazimierz Sosnkowski, Emil Fieldorf „Nil”, Jerzy Dąbrowski, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Stefan Paweł Rowecki „Grot”, Stanisław Józef Bronisław Kasznica „Stanisław Wąsacz”, and many others, who actively resisted totalitarianism, regardless of whether they faced its German or Soviet version. The pantheon of Polish heroes also includes ordinary people – Polish citizens who shed their blood for the Fatherland.
The heroes of those times, through their sacrifice and determination, contributed to the fact that today we can enjoy a free, independent and sovereign country. They left for future generations a legacy through which they defined the threats to Poland and indicated the values by which we should be guided for the good of the Fatherland.
They taught us how to counteract the weakening of our state. We can recognise neo-Marxist theses and foreign neo-imperialist inclinations and resist them. This was said by the late Professor Lech Kaczyński in his speech at Westerplatte on 1 September 2009.
” […] There are lessons to be learnt from Munich that go back to modern times, imperialism must not be given way. One must not give way to imperialism, or even to neo-imperialist tendencies. This does not always, as in the case of Munich, produce such quick and tragic results. But over time, such results always come. This is a great lesson for the whole of modern Europe, for the whole world.”
The words of the late Prof. Lech Kaczyński are a warning to the modern world. They are a message that directs patriotic circles to the path of the present-day defence of Poland. Today’s historical policy, the actions of the authorities and the missions of organisations that disseminate the truth about history and the current situation in Poland are a counterbalance to the disinformation campaigns constructed against Poland, hybrid warfare or attempts to attribute co-responsibility for German crimes to Poland. In the current historical moment, the dissemination of the truth about Poland has become an effective method to combat new forms of misrepresentation of the truth about totalitarian crimes.
Our environment is forced to cope with fending off attacks on the homeland. This is done by remembering the achievements of previous generations and by newly developed tools and methods. The activity of the Polish League Against Defamation proves that, thanks to the involvement of society, it is possible to successfully combat, among other things, the „Auschwitz Lie”, to educate and to disseminate the truth.
Restoring the truth and defending Poland’s good name is part of the heritage of Polish heroes who regained independence and defended a free Poland against totalitarianism.
Our environment is forced to cope with fending off attacks on the homeland. This is done by remembering the achievements of previous generations and by newly developed tools and methods. The activity of the Polish League Against Defamation proves that, thanks to the involvement of society, it is possible to successfully combat, among other things, the „Auschwitz Lie”, to educate and to disseminate the truth.
Restoring the truth and defending Poland’s good name is part of the heritage of Polish heroes who regained independence and defended a free Poland against totalitarianism.
