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21 Oct 2024
History / Poles should apologise to Ukrainians first [487]
Polish colonialism for which Kania and Ironside stubbornly refuse to apologise also applied to Rus territory which later became Belarus.
After WW1, Poland won the war with bolshevik Russia and in result took control of western Belarus.
Here is a good article how Polish authorities and nationalists brutally suppressed Belarusian aspirations for autonomy.
onet.pl/informacje/nowaeuropawschodnia/od-wiekow-zesmy-spali-lecz-nas-obudzono-bialoruska-wlosciansko-robotnicza-hromada/nym518m,30bc1058
At the end of 1926, the first arrests of Hromada activists were made in all counties. The police increasingly dispersed rallies and meetings of Hurtkas . Militant groups, mainly National Democrats, took part in this. Another witness of that period, Roman Bielawiec recalled: MP Piotr Miotła and other well-known Belarusian activists came to one meeting in Berezowo. The police sent provocateurs who quickly started a fight. Miatła tried to convince the police that we were doing everything in accordance with the law, but they attacked people with weapons anyway. They beat and tortured them terribly. Those who were running away were caught up with and trampled on by horses."
Although parliamentary status guaranteed them immunity, on the night of 14-15 January 1927 the party leaders, led by Taraszkiewicz, were arrested. That night, a total of around 800 people were arrested in all the north-eastern provinces; searches were also carried out in all the BWRH premises. A brutal crackdown on Hromada began. Its activists filled the prisons of the Republic. In March 1927 the party was banned.
Polish colonialism for which Kania and Ironside stubbornly refuse to apologise also applied to Rus territory which later became Belarus.
After WW1, Poland won the war with bolshevik Russia and in result took control of western Belarus.
Here is a good article how Polish authorities and nationalists brutally suppressed Belarusian aspirations for autonomy.
onet.pl/informacje/nowaeuropawschodnia/od-wiekow-zesmy-spali-lecz-nas-obudzono-bialoruska-wlosciansko-robotnicza-hromada/nym518m,30bc1058
At the end of 1926, the first arrests of Hromada activists were made in all counties. The police increasingly dispersed rallies and meetings of Hurtkas . Militant groups, mainly National Democrats, took part in this. Another witness of that period, Roman Bielawiec recalled: MP Piotr Miotła and other well-known Belarusian activists came to one meeting in Berezowo. The police sent provocateurs who quickly started a fight. Miatła tried to convince the police that we were doing everything in accordance with the law, but they attacked people with weapons anyway. They beat and tortured them terribly. Those who were running away were caught up with and trampled on by horses."
Although parliamentary status guaranteed them immunity, on the night of 14-15 January 1927 the party leaders, led by Taraszkiewicz, were arrested. That night, a total of around 800 people were arrested in all the north-eastern provinces; searches were also carried out in all the BWRH premises. A brutal crackdown on Hromada began. Its activists filled the prisons of the Republic. In March 1927 the party was banned.
