Paula Sawicka, the Chairwoman of the Program Board of our Association, commented for the Wrocław edition of Gazeta Wyborcza the pronouncement of minister Anna Zalewska, who – in „Kropka nad i” program – provided pathetic replies to the questions on Jedwabne murder and Kielce pogrom.
“When asked about Jedwabne Zalewska said that “it is a historical fact, in which many misunderstandings and many biased opinions have appeared”. I do not know how misunderstandings may appear in the fact. Fact is a fact. It seems that the head of the Ministry of Education uses different dictionaries than we do. She changes meanings and she is a Polish philology graduate. She refers to the professors, who have different opinions than Jan Tomasz Gross. She does not mention that IPN [Institute of National Memory] published a multi-volume work on crime in Jedwabne based on the documents, without interpretation or opinions. This is not repression – this is clear evidence that we should start worrying about education in state schools managed by Zalewska” – said Paula Sawicka. “Minister of education said that children should be taught “memory and respect so that Holocaust is not going to happen again”, and she proposes poisoning the minds of young people. Her statements about Jedwabne and Kielce pogrom are lies and offending viewers’ intellect” – she added.