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...Now
that Warsaw has witnessed the last act of the bestial German
action, we cannot simply pass over the change in attitude of
the victims, who, being unable to change their fate, decided
to fall with arms in their hands. This stand of theirs,
understood by every Pole, changes the picture significantly.
From a people without hope, a herd slaughtered by the German
murderers, the Jews rose to the heights of a fighting people.
And if it could not fight for its existence a thing made
impossible by the overwhelming advantage in numbers of the
enemy it did demonstrate its right to life as a nation.
The
Polish public looks upon this happening with great respect,
gives it its moral support and hopes that its resistance will
continue for as long as is possible....
Yad
Vashem Archives, O-25/25.
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From the Underground newspaper Mysl Panstwowa
("State Thought"), No. 37, April 30, 1943. |
