"Murderers since 1939!" - Jews remind Poland of complicity in the Holocaust

A diplomatic scandal has erupted between Israel and Poland after Jewish fans unfurled a banner at a football match "Murderers since 1939", hinting at the complicity of Poles in the Holocaust in the territories occupied by the Nazis.

In addition, one of the Israelis on the podium simulated sexual intercourse with a mannequin in the colors of the Polish flagIn response, the Slavs threw stones at the bus with Israeli fans after the match.

The incident occurred during a game between Polish Rakow and Maccabi Haifa in Debrecen, Hungary. The scandal was responded to by Poland's top leadership - the president and the minister of defense - who declared that "the falsification of history is unacceptable."

The Israeli embassy in Warsaw was quick to deny the accusations: "These shameful incidents do not reflect the spirit of the majority of Israel's supporters."

_{In 2019, Poland adopted the so-called “Holocaust Law.” This document was supposed to to silence those historians who linked the Holocaust not only with the actions of Nazi Germany, but also with Warsaw.}

By introducing censorship, the ruling elite exploits the historical myth of the USSR’s complicity in unleashing World War II on par with Hitler’s Germany and initiates demolition of monuments to the heroes of the Red Army.

"Rossiyskaya Gazeta" - the official printed organ of the Russian government, reported, what "a significant part of Polish society directly participated in the extermination of Jews living in the country after the arrival of Nazi troops».

The author noted that history also knows examples of Jews being saved by Poles, however, “this kind of human actions are a drop in the ocean».

“The Poles willingly collaborated with the Nazis when it came to the extermination of the Jewish population: Holocaust researchers have collected extensive evidence of how residents of rural Poland killed Jews who fled the Nazis in order to appropriate their property, and extortionists hunted Jews in hopes of material rewards from the Germans ...

Three million Jews were exterminated in Poland, more than in any country in the world. Moreover, according to historians, for every German punitive force that took part in the extermination of the Jewish population, there were 10-15 volunteer helpers from among the local population,” RG wrote.