September 1939. Remember to defend the future of Poland

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The anniversary of the outbreak of planet War II is simply a day of remembrance, reflection and reminder of immense responsibility. We are going back to 1 September 1939, erstwhile Nazi Germans attacked Poland without declaring war and started the most terrible conflict in the past of the world. We besides return to September 17, erstwhile the Red Army struck from the east to the Republic of Poland. The implementation of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact has become another demolition of our state by the USSR and the 3rd Reich. Poland was the victim of 2 totalitarianisms, which together trampled on global law and the right of the nation to live in freedom. Our nation stood alone against 2 empires of evil.

World War II brought Poland suffering on a scale hard to imagine. Millions of murdered citizens, the demolition of Polish Jews, pacified villages, demolished cities, concentration camps, executions, deportations, exiles to Siberia and Kazakhstan, the Katyn crime and the failure of a immense part of national property are the balance of barbarity, which our nation has become the victim of. However, no number will give distant the drama of families separated by war, children deprived of parents and generations who have been taken distant from a peaceful future. all time I stand in front of The Tomb of the Unknown SoldierI'm reasoning first of all about the generation that paid the highest price.

It is our moral work to remember those events today. Especially in times erstwhile we are increasingly witnessing attempts to relativize history, blur the border between victim and perpetrator, or question apparent facts. Poland was the first victim of planet War II. She was assaulted by Nazi Germany and then by the russian Union. This fact must not be silenced or allowed to be silenced.

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The past of Poland from those years is simply a communicative of suffering, but it is besides an era of extraordinary valor. The September soldiers showed the planet what honor and allegiance to the oath is. Later Polish Underground State – a phenomenon without precedent in occupied Europe. Soldiers National Army, Boys' Battalions and the National Armed Forces risked their lives each day in the fight against the German and russian occupier. At the same time, Polish soldiers fought alongside the Allies at Tobruk, at the conflict of England, at Monte Cassino, Falaise, Arnhem or Bologna, proving that Poland, although deprived of its own state, never stopped fighting for freedom. As a national defence minister, I feel a peculiar work for the memory of that generation to be expressed in a concrete action here and now. For past teaches us 1 highly painful truth: peace is not given erstwhile and for all. safety is not a state, but a continuous effort by the state and society as a whole.

Therefore, the best warrant of Poland's safety remains a strong and modern army, strong and credible alliances and a strong, aware society. These are the 3 pillars of our security. We build them all day: we modernise the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland, strengthen cooperation with allies and strengthen national resilience. Not due to the fact that we want war. Just due to the fact that we want peace. Memory of the victims of planet War II obliges. It is simply a informing against hatred, imperialism and contempt for human life. As the Minister of National Defence, I believe that our most crucial work is to do everything to guarantee that the tragedy of years ago never again becomes the participation of subsequent generations of Poles. It's our work to past and to the future.

Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish , Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defence

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