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03.04.2021 The true status of Jewish cemeteries in Poland
My government has allocated massive resources to remedy a problem created by the Nazi genocide and made worse by years of communist neglect
Following the interview with Krzysztof Bielawski conducted by Matt Lebovic and published by The Times of Israel on March 5, 2021, I would like, as the deputy minister of Culture, National Heritage, and Sport of the Republic of Poland in charge of, inter alia, the remembrance policy, to take the opportunity to comment on the statements raised in the interview.
The poor condition of a number of abandoned cemeteries in Poland, including Jewish cemeteries, is undeniable, as is the fact that they were often destroyed deliberately during the Communist era. Ultimately, however, the primary cause of this situation was World War II, the German occupation of Poland, and the resulting absence of caretakers, i.e., the Jewish population organized into communities, as well as the systemic negligence of the Communist regime. First of all, however — and let me emphasize it once again — this is the result of the German genocide, the Shoah, the Holocaust. And the subsequent actions of the undemocratic Communist state that enslaved Poland and its citizens for almost half a century.