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The history of 20th Century Central & Eastern Europe explained…March 10th, 2026 |
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That second to last image is so on-point I literally LOLed
Some 25 years ago I conducted oral history interviews with dozens of Polish Home Army veterans. There were, back then, still many Home Army veterans still around, especially in Chicago (where I lived). Many if not most were quite young, relatively speaking, indicative of their having joined the resistance when they were teenagers or even younger. I made it a point of asking my interviewees the difference between Russians and Germans. Inevitably I got a reply that went something like this:
“The Russians will come up to you and smile and put their arms around your shoulders and profess their undying friendship with Poland and the Polish people. Then, they will stab you in the back. The Germans will march right up to your face and say, ‘I’m going to kill you.’ And then set about doing just that.”
I would note that these men and women who fought in the Warsaw uprising (Aug-Oct 44) told me that they treated captured Wehrmacht regulars honorably, feeding them and even tending their wounds. But they gave no quarter to captured SS men, Ukrainian auxiliaries, and members of the special action groups such as those belonging to Dirlewanger’s outfit. These were shot out of hand.
IrishOtter49: that reminds me of the Polish chap (I think it was a Polish general) who when asked if he had to pick who to fight between the Germans & the Russians, replied “The Germans, business before pleasure.”