Disinfo: Poland has accepted the “false history”, which is used for Americanisation of this country

Summary

A new, pro-Western and Capitalist Poland was supposed to turn away from its history, uncritically accepting the Western version of history and “reconciling” with Germany. In this way, under the pretext of propaganda gestures, Poland enabled Germany and the USA to establish control over the Polish economy and media. False history is used as a cover for the Americanisation of Poland. That was how the so-called “historical policy” emerged – it is realised by the parties and organisations representing American interests.

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This message is part of the Kremlin’s policy of historical revisionism – it repeatedly accuses the Baltic states, Ukraine and Poland of the “falsification and re-writing” of their history. The Baltic states and Ukraine are continuously accused of their support for the Nazi or Fascist ideology. Any disagreement with the official Kremlin’s view on the history of WWII is automatically labelled by Russia as support for “Nazism”. The official position of Poland, Ukraine and the Baltic states regarding WWII is based on facts, shared by the predominant majority of historians. Both Nazi Germany and the Stalinist USSR were harsh totalitarian regimes, which directly caused the deaths of tens of millions of people. Secondly, these two regimes are mutually responsible for the outbreak of WWII. The statement that Poland was forced to accept some type of “fake Western history”, used by the West in order to “Americanise” Poland and “subordinate” its economy and media is a conspiracy theory. See similar examples of the Russian accusations against Poland, Ukraine and the Baltic states in falsification and re-writing of history - Poland creates and promotes its historical myths in an active and aggressive way; Poland and Lithuania question the status of Russia as a country who won WWII; President Duda and President Zelensky promote propaganda and Poland tries to adjust history to politics, misinterpreting the historical facts.

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  • Reported in: Issue 210
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 01/09/2020
  • Outlet language(s) Polish
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: Poland, Germany, US
  • Keywords: West, Historical revisionism, WWII, US presence in Europe, Conspiracy theory
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