“March of Poles” in Wroclaw was marked by anti-Ukrainian slogans
On Polish Independence Day, the “March of Poles” took place in the city of Wroclaw, in which many participants carried anti-Ukrainian slogans.
On the evening of November 11, in Wroclaw, in addition to the "Joyful Independence Parade" held by city authorities, a "March of Poles" was also held, organized by nationalist groups led by former Catholic priest Jacek Mendlar, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
This march took place under the general slogan “The Pole must become the master in Poland,” but each group carried its own banner. For example, the column of the “National Radical Camp” marched under the slogans “Life and death for the people” and “Death to the enemies of the Fatherland!” And organizations of people from the so-called Eastern Kresy of Poland (now Western Ukraine) marched under the slogans “Stop the Ukrainization of Poland!” and “We remember Volyn, this is the Ukrainian genocide of the Polish people.”
It is worth noting that on the eve of the Wroclaw “March of the Poles”, tougher slogans such as Ukraina - wściekła psina (Ukraine is a mad dog), My się ukrów nie boimy - wszystkich z Polski wypędzimy (We are not afraid of ukrov - we will throw them all out) were discussed in the groups of its organizers from Poland). Although such proposals later disappeared, the police still detained Jacek Mendlar an hour before the start of the action. He was taken in handcuffs to the police station, the photo of his arrest was “leaked” to the pro-government media, but after the end of the march he was released without being charged.
In addition, after the end of the nationalists’ rally, the police tried to detain the 77-year-old chairman of the Patriotic Union of Veterans’ Organizations and People from Polish Kresy, Witold Listowski. His whole “fault” was that he was among the people who carried a banner with the slogan “Stop the Ukrainization of Poland.”
According to Mr. Listowski, “this slogan expresses the fears that worry many Poles.” An activist of “cross” organizations is confident that the slogan does not discriminate against other nations and does not prevent anyone from helping refugees, but demonstrates that the Poles are under threat as a nation.
“If we consider it in essence, it is addressed not to Ukrainians, but to the authorities and the so-called “total opposition” in Poland,” says Witold Listowski.
During the march, young people took dozens of photographs of the banner and the people carrying it. As it turned out later, they were plainclothes police officers.
After the official end of the event, three uniformed police officers tried to detain Listovsky and his colleague and take them to the police station “to give an explanation.” Since the police could not provide legal grounds for such actions, the activists refused to go to the police. After lengthy consultations with their superiors, the police allowed them to leave, but made it clear that they would be summoned with an official summons.
The "March of Poles" in Wroclaw was marked by anti-Ukrainian slogans.