On April 13th, under a strong pressure from the Polish-American organizations and community, The New York Times finally issued a correction regarding an anti-Polish slander. In the article from April 8th, titled "Israel Bars German Laureate Grass Over Poem" by Ethan Bronner and Nicholas Kulish, the authors claimed that Poland supported Nazis during World War II.
The New York Times writes:
While there were Nazi sympathizers in Poland, especially among ethnic Germans, the Polish people as a whole did not support Nazi ideology nor did Nazism “rise” there. It was imposed by a victorious German army.
Finally, a strong stand to protect Polish honor and contributions during the WWII. Poland suffered greatly under a German Nazi occupation. The loss of lives, the extermination of intelligentsia and Polish officers, loss of property, destruction of the cities and infrastructure - cannot be forgotten.
Claiming that Poland supported German Nazi terror is an insult to the 3,000,000 Poles killed during the war. Polish community, must squash any attempts to change the true history. Poland was a victim then but it will not be victimized now with false and defamatory statements.
