pawian
24 Oct 2024
History / Poles should apologise to Ukrainians first [487]
Yaaawn. Thanks for this call it a day reminder.
Just one last quote today:
Interviewer: I have friends from landed gentry families from those regions. They tell a completely different story: that there was mutual respect there, that their ancestor happily welcomed Orthodox Christians and Jews to his manor, who gave him effusive wishes on every holiday. Why the asymmetry in the relations?
Daniel Beauvois: First, memory is not history. Most often, it serves to ennoble a person. Second, the landowners, as good Catholics, wanted to convince themselves that they had a certain sentiment, appreciation, and human feelings for the people. But when we see how the peasants were really treated, it is a bit hard to believe. I have read a lot of landowners' memoirs. And there, everyone is convinced of their decency - there is no sense of guilt or doubt. Everyone believes wholeheartedly that they protected Polishness in the East, that they built the greatness of their nation.
Yaaawn. Thanks for this call it a day reminder.
Just one last quote today:
Interviewer: I have friends from landed gentry families from those regions. They tell a completely different story: that there was mutual respect there, that their ancestor happily welcomed Orthodox Christians and Jews to his manor, who gave him effusive wishes on every holiday. Why the asymmetry in the relations?
Daniel Beauvois: First, memory is not history. Most often, it serves to ennoble a person. Second, the landowners, as good Catholics, wanted to convince themselves that they had a certain sentiment, appreciation, and human feelings for the people. But when we see how the peasants were really treated, it is a bit hard to believe. I have read a lot of landowners' memoirs. And there, everyone is convinced of their decency - there is no sense of guilt or doubt. Everyone believes wholeheartedly that they protected Polishness in the East, that they built the greatness of their nation.
