As 37.8 million Poles in the homeland and 18 million in the diaspora around the world mourn the immense tragedy that has befallen them, may they seek inspiration in the first words of the Polish national anthem -- "Poland has not perished." May freedom-loving people everywhere also join them in this difficult hour.
If any nation has the wherewithal to weather such vicious turns of fate, it is the Poles.
Throughout recent history, Poland has steadfastly remained a bulwark of resistance and a symbol of hope against the vicissitudes of tyranny and aggression, not to mention cruel misfortune.
The first nation in the world to actively and solitarily oppose the Nazi onslaught in 1939, one year later Poland was also the first among nations to fall victim of wartime genocide in the forests of Katyn and its environs.
This was another instance when Poland saw its intellectual elite -- political and military -- tragically disappear, though not through accident and in substantially greater numbers.
Read more: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/afraid+Poland+will+persevere/2875963/story.html
If any nation has the wherewithal to weather such vicious turns of fate, it is the Poles.
Throughout recent history, Poland has steadfastly remained a bulwark of resistance and a symbol of hope against the vicissitudes of tyranny and aggression, not to mention cruel misfortune.
The first nation in the world to actively and solitarily oppose the Nazi onslaught in 1939, one year later Poland was also the first among nations to fall victim of wartime genocide in the forests of Katyn and its environs.
This was another instance when Poland saw its intellectual elite -- political and military -- tragically disappear, though not through accident and in substantially greater numbers.
Read more: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/afraid+Poland+will+persevere/2875963/story.html
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