Robert Bąkiewicz addressed the German paper directly, demanding correction, removal of false content and publication of an apology! "If not, I will take legal steps to make the BILD editorials liable for spreading lies and defamation," we read. That's the gist of yesterday's events in Zgorzelec and the German newspaper.
Provocators at a demonstration in Zgorzelec
Several 100 people protested the border bridge with Germany in Zgorzelec (Dolnośląskie province). Among another things, immediate border inspection by the Polish side was requested, following the example that Germany has been conducting since 2023. This is another specified protest, the erstwhile 1 was held on 8 March at the border with Germany in Słubice. Their organizer is Robert Bąkiewicz, president of the Rota March of independency Association.
As he alarmed later, During the demonstration in Zgorzelec there was provocation! Bąkiewicz commented that “it was headed by masked individuals with racist slogans” who “had nothing to do with organizers”. He pointed out that many people saw that the same people later “in collegiate” spoke to police officers. It is besides interesting what Bąkiewicz said that the police did not respond to requests to remove these people from the demonstration.
Everything looked like a setup – perfect for German propaganda and to slander Polish patriots
— reported Robert Bąkiewicz in a recording made available on the X platform.
And it turned out that indeed the provokers landed on the heads of German media. The German tabloid “Bild” article on protest covered the title: “Polish right-wing extremists show against refugees”.
Bąkiewicz writes to “Bilda”
Robert Bąkiewicz so addressed the German paper "Bild" directly, demanding correction, removal of false content and publication of an apology! The organizer of the demonstration in Zgorzelec posted an entry in Polish but besides German on social media.
In connection with your article, originally entitled ‘Grenze in Görlitz dicht: Polen-Neonazis protestieren gegen Flüchtlinge aus Deutschland’ (Polish translation: ‘Grenze in Görlitz closed: Polish neo-Nazis protest against German refugees), now amended to: ‘Grenze in Görlitz dicht: Polen protestieren gegen Flüchtlinge aus Deutschland’ (Polish translation: ‘Görlitz closed: Poles protest against German refugees’), available at: https://bild.de/regional/sach...I request immediate correction of the lying and insulting statements contained in the publication and publication of an apology
“ We read.
Despite the title changes, the article continues to contain the same false and defamatory suggestions, including the designation of protesters as “neonazists” and myself as an “extremist”. I find this outrageous and unacceptable, especially from the editorial board representing the country, which is the heir to the Nazi past. It is Germany as a state that bears historical work for the crimes of planet War II, including the murders on 6 million Poles, the demolition of many Polish cities, including Warsaw, and the plundering of about half of the Polish cultural heritage collected for centuries. Germans besides committed kidnapping of over 200 1000 Polish children, most of whom never returned to their families. Moreover, as a nation of descendants of thieves and fencers, you have not so far returned to us the plundered goods that you, as a state and a nation, enjoy to this day, thus becoming continuationrs of the criminal past. Many of the present “rich” German companies built their fortunes in cooperation with the Nazi regime, utilizing the work of prisoners of concentration and extermination camps
“Bąkiewicz wrote.
In the light of these facts, calling me and another protesters "neonazists" or "extremists" is not only a lie, but besides an offensive effort to reverse the historical truth. As descendants of a nation that has fallen victim to German crimes, we will not let specified false accusations
“He added in his entry.
I request that you correct the text, delete false statements and print your apology in a visible place. I give you 48 hours to comply with this request. Otherwise, I will take legal steps to make the BILD editorials liable for spreading lies and defamation
“ Robert Bąkiewicz announced.
