DISINFO: Poland entered into a conspiracy with fascist Germany
SUMMARY
Poland entered into a conspiracy with fascist Germany, and Russia has at its disposal documents about how they had negotiated.
RESPONSE
This message is part of the Kremlin’s policy of historical revisionism and an attempt to erode the disastrous historical role of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact by stating that Poland was a Nazi ally, so it should blame itself.
Claims are not confirmed by any available historical documents. Before WWII, Poland had tense political relations with Nazi Germany, which expressed open territorial claims to Poland (revision of the status of the Free City of Danzig and control over the “Polish Corridor”). Despite intense political pressure from Hitler, Poland consistently refused to become a part of the Nazi block.
According to the plans of Hitler, Poland was supposed to be part of the “living space”/ Lebensraum for the Third Reich – a large part of its territory was incorporated into the German state and millions of Poles and Polish Jews were supposed to be exterminated.
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