Jan Karski, from hell on earth to US presidential honor

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The Polish Catholic was smuggled into the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942, after which Karski traveled to the UK and US to convince world leaders of the Jews’ annihilation. World leaders were ‘rather noncommittal’

By RAFAEL MEDOFF

WASHINGTON (JTA) — By the time he was 26, Jan Karski had been imprisoned by the Soviets, tortured by the Gestapo, and nearly drowned while escaping from a hospital in German-occupied Slovakia.

Had he chosen then to end his service in the World War II-era Polish underground, few would have challenged his decision. Instead, he chose to risk his life again, to bring news about Hitler’s mass murder of European Jewry to the outside world.

At a White House ceremony on May 29, Karski will be awarded, posthumously, a Presidential Medal of Freedom for his courage and sacrifice, and taking action when, as President Obama recently said, “so many others stood silent.

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[Jaroslaw]

Obama just spat in the Karski face .

[my name again]

Its probably just a mistake, but still a grave insult.

[EITAN88]

White House expresses regret after US president refers to "Polish death camps," prompting Polish demand for apology.

http://www.jpost.com/International/A...aspx?id=271974

[Arbody]

"Polish death camps" was an American invention to whitewash Western Germans. After the WWII "Nazis" were blamed for everything . Not the Germans, who tha fvck are "Nazis" some strange tribe in the middle of Europe? And where were Germans at the time? In anti-nazis underground? Nope ,most of nazis were Germans . Get over it.

[EITAN88]

"Polish death camps" was an American invention to whitewash Western Germans. After the WWII "Nazis" were blamed for everything . Not the Germans, who tha fvck are "Nazis" some strange tribe in the middle of Europe? And where were Germans at the time? In anti-nazis underground? Nope ,most of nazis were Germans . Get over it.

I think the Soviets were much more aggressive with their attempts at whitewashing history in the name of Communist unity.

Everying was dubbed "faschist crimes" with little if any mention of the victims identity.

[Stormz_STA]

I demand compensation from the American administration for this grave insult! RAGE ON!



Seriously though, this is a thread about Jan Karski, not about some idiot politician saying something idiotic. You guys can create your own thread about Oh-bama and his bs.

[Arbody]

I think the Soviets were much more aggressive with their attempts at whitewashing history in the name of Communist unity.

Everying was dubbed "faschist crimes" with little if any mention of the victims identity.

More aggressive? Nope , ever heard that BS about "Polish death camps durning WWII" from Soviet or Russian side? Nope. During the SU they didn't whitewash Germans, thet just didn't teach to hate them.

[EITAN88]

More aggressive? Nope , ever heard that BS about "Polish death camps durning WWII" from Soviet or Russian side? Nope. During the SU they didn't whitewash Germans, thet just didn't teach to hate them.

You were complaining about the Germans being colloquially referred to as 'Nazis' in the West and when presented with the fact that the Soviets did the same by using the term 'Faschists' you divert to what is essentially a semantic error.

Consider this my last response on the matter as we are indeed going off topic here.

[Arbody]

You were complaining about the Germans being colloquially reffered to as 'Nazis' in the West and when presented with the fact that the Soviets did the same by using the term 'Faschists' you divert to what is essentially a semantic error.

Consider this my last response on the matter as we are indeed going off topic here.

Well you are wrong actually .