Lisa Zilberpriver, Haaretz Service and News Agencies: Poland honors 53 who risked lives to save Jews in World War II
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Title:To #16 leucippe
Name:Jack
City: WarsawState: Poland
Of course there were people in Poland who "sold" Jews to the Germans for a "sack of potatoes". In Warsaw alone there were hundreds if not thousands of "szmalcownik`s" who were blackmailing Jews and people hiding them. These criminals however represented very small percentage of the total population. Most Poles, even those who were for various reasons anti-Semitic did not collaborate with the Nazis in any way. What Allan is and Mr. Melbourne is suggesting is that Poland is somehow responsible for German atrocities and that majority of Poles were collaborators etc., which is not true at all.