The Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) is responsible for the genocide in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia.
By decision of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Independent Special Operations Center “North” will be named in honour of the “Heroes of the UPA.” The granting of this name was justified as an effort to “restore the historical traditions of the national army.”
The Ukrainian authorities’ promotion of the cult of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army must provoke opposition from all those who remember the activities of this formation.
Founded in 1942, the UPA was based on the ideological foundation of the so-called “Decalogue of the Ukrainian Nationalist” from 1929, which includes, among others, the following statement: “You will not hesitate to commit even the greatest crime if the good of the cause demands it.”
This was a prophetic announcement of the genocide committed against Poles in the years 1943–1945 in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia.
The Volhynia Massacre was a method of building an ethnically homogeneous Ukrainian state, one devoid of the minorities inhabiting those lands, mainly Poles and Jews. “With the beginning of military operations for independence,” declared one of the program documents of the OUN faction led by Stepan Bandera, “the question of national minorities must be resolved at all costs. To resolve this issue, representatives of national minorities, enemies of the people, must be eliminated.”
Organised attacks on Polish villages began in February 1943 and continued until 1945. The peak of the UPA atrocities came on Sunday, July 11, 1943, when thousands of inhabitants were massacred in nearly 100 Polish villages in Volhynia.
In the following months, the genocide carried out by the UPA in Volhynia also spread to Eastern Galicia, the Chełm region, and the Rzeszów region. “You observe the methods of operation in Volhynia - do the same in your own area. You will prevail. [...] The OUN-UPA must have authority among the masses.
The masses must believe in you and follow you. If someone does not wish to believe in the UPA, in you, and in the leadership, they must feel the hard and vengeful punishing hand,” stated an appeal addressed to UPA members in the Chełm region in the spring of 1944.
Polish historians estimate that approximately 120,000 Poles - including women, the elderly, and children - were killed at the hands of Ukrainian nationalists. Victims also included Ukrainians who warned their Polish neighbours of the approaching danger.
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Odpowiedź musi być symetryczna, a nie w postaci gestu dot. samego Zełeńskiego, który pewnie się będzie z tego kpił. Ukraińcy wprowadzają do narracji narodowej swoje symbole i "bohaterów". My musimy działać symetrycznie. Ogniem i Mieczem do kanonu lektur obowiązkowych. I zrobić z tego konferencję prasową.
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„In this "New World Disorder," maybe Poland's internal mess is actually a safety valve. It allowed Poland to flatter the American president without financially committing to a vague alliance, effectively keeping its eggs in two baskets.”
Piękne.
I’ve spent a lot of time writing about the dysfunction of Poland’s current political cohabitation between President Nawrocki and Donald Tusk's government, usually as a liability, a drag on its ability to make decisions and pass legislation.
But watching Nawrocki in Davos this week, I started to see it differently.
He was there, smiling with Donald Trump, saying he would like to join the Board of Peace but unfortunatley he needs the government and parliament at home to agree.
This seemed to resonate with Trump: Nawrocki was the only leader he mentioned by name (and warmly) during his launch address yesterday.
Poland's internal conflict in practice acted like a sophisticated strategy of "good cop, constitutional cop".
In this "New World Disorder," maybe Poland's internal mess is actually a safety valve. It allowed Poland to flatter the American president without financially committing to a vague alliance, effectively keeping its eggs in two baskets.
It’s an awkward equilibrium, certainly, but for Poland American power remains essential and European capacity is increasingly necessary.