About the scale of anti-Ukrainian hysteria in Poland.
Six months ago I did an interview with Alexander Alferov, director of the Institute of National Memory. He answered all questions about Ukrainian-Polish relations so carefully that I didn’t even feel at ease. He talked about why the Volyn tragedy is one of the most painful historical memories for Poles, and regretted that in Ukraine they don’t know enough about it and don’t always realize the scale of their pain.
That is, these were the most restrained, toothless formulations that demonstrated only one thing – the desire to avoid conflict at all costs. What a shock I was when the next day the Polish Institute of National Remembrance released a statement expressing outrage at Alferov’s words. From everything he said, they extracted the thesis that supposedly no one in Ukraine cares about the Polish tragedy. Although the whole interview was about the opposite.
It struck me then that something like this was possible in the public communication of an institution that positions itself as scientific.
It is obvious that a lot of emotions have accumulated in Poland for a long time. Part of Polish society is extremely irritated and is looking for the slightest reason for an explosion.
This could lead to a much more serious problem than the one we had with Viktor Orban’s Hungary, where Zelensky’s face was plastered on every pole during the elections.
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