Thread by @1vitaceae

@AuschwitzMuseum @Claire_Voltaire Really?

Let´s analyse your own tweet "honestly, fairly & professionaly".

The beginning of the tweet sets the tone, the context and the content of the rest of the tweet.

So, the beginning is about actions of Poles during German occupation of Poland in WW2.
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@AuschwitzMuseum @Claire_Voltaire These actions (acts) "must be researched honestly fairly & professionaly" "within the context of the German occupation...and extermination of Jews" if they were "heroic or horrible"

This is the "prelude" in your tweet.

That wether the acts of Poles
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@AuschwitzMuseum @Claire_Voltaire relating to the Holocaust and under German occupation were heroic or horrible.

So far we´re talking about what the Poles did in relation to the extermination of Jews.
What is revealing is the phrase "heroic or horrible".
It implies direct actions with good or bad consequences
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@AuschwitzMuseum @Claire_Voltaire It is clear that you are talking about the acts of individuals that affected Jews in direct relations. Man to man. What one did directly to another.

And of course that should be researched. And it has been researched. For 75 years.
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@AuschwitzMuseum @Claire_Voltaire The 1st part says: If Polish behaviour under German occupation towards their fellow Jews was heroic or horrible should be researched.

I agree. And it has been done. For 75 years. Further research is not going to alter the previous ones.

Back to that later...
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@AuschwitzMuseum @Claire_Voltaire The 2nd part.
"However, in the case of the history of the Auschwitz camp talking about Polish complicity is false".

We´ve already established that the 1st part is about ones behaviour towrds another in direct relation. It can not be about anything else based on the wording.
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@AuschwitzMuseum @Claire_Voltaire So the latter part has nothing to do with "planning" or "running" Auschwitz.
It´s a continuation of the 1st part so what you´re saying is: Poles had nothing to do with Auschwitz and no Jew ended up in Auschwitz as a result of Polish complicity.

This is false.
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@AuschwitzMuseum @Claire_Voltaire As far as I agree that research of the Holocaust should be continued there´s no need for further research on Polish complicity. We have so much knowledge about that from eyewitnesses, documentation, news, articles and so on that we know that history isn´t going to change.
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@AuschwitzMuseum @Claire_Voltaire Poles were complicit in the Holocaust. And Poles were often the reason Jews ended up in Auschwitz.

That is the "shit" you need to own.

In the first part of the Tweet you literally blamed Polish behaviour on the Germans. Something you have repeatedly done in our conversation.
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@AuschwitzMuseum @Claire_Voltaire If that was the case, that the Polish behaved the way they did because of the German occupation, then it´s equally true that those heroes that sheltered Jews also behaved in that way because of the German occupation.

There´s one thing that determines ...
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@AuschwitzMuseum @Claire_Voltaire ... your actions. And 1 thing only.

Who you are.

How you act, or react, to circumstances is solely based on who you are.

Blaming others for your own behaviour is immature.

And it´s "whitewashing".

So let me tell you what we see in your tweet.
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@AuschwitzMuseum @Claire_Voltaire "If the Polish ppl did good or bad to the Jews, if it was bad it was because of the German occupation - it´s their fault, needs to be researched. But Poles had nothing to do with Auschwitz".

Does this sound like a true description of the events to anyone?

No.
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@AuschwitzMuseum @Claire_Voltaire ps. I remebered this fantastic article from some time ago. It´s well worth reading.

I´m actually going to post it as "Today´s MUST READ" article.
haaretz.com/world-news/.pr…