SKANDAL NA MIARE PAKTU RIBBENTROP MOLOTOW.
I po co my wchodzilismy to tego nato. I jak tu mozna spokojnie
dyskutowac na tematy stosunkow polsko-zydowskich.
Jacek Kupinski
Zbigniew J Koziol wrote:
> Witam,
>
> PAC (Polish-American Congress) zwraca sie z prosba o udzial wszystkich z
> Polonii Amerykanskiej w kampanii politycznej majacej podkreslic oburzenie
> Polonii spowodowane lekcewazeniem interesow Polakow przez rzad USA oraz
> Niemiec w rokowaniach dotyczacych rekompensat za roboty przymusowe w czasie
> drugiej wojny swiatowej. Przytaczam nizej tekst jaki zostal wyslany przez PAC
> na liste APAP. Uwazam, ze PAC zajmuje wlasciwa postawe i ze sytuacja w tej
> chwili wymaga rzeczywiscie udzialu tych, ktorzy sa do tego uprawnieni, w
> protestowaniu dyskryminacyjnej w stosunku do Polakow polityki amerykanskiej.
> Dlatego bardzo zachecam tych z Was ktorzy sa do tego uprawnieni do wysylania
> protestow do wladz amerykanskich. Mnie sie zdaje, ze obecna sytuacja oraz
> reakcja Polonii moze miec duze znaczenie dla przyszlosci. Przytaczam nizej
> oswiadczenie Prezydenta KPA.
>
> zB.
> _________________________________________________________________________
>
> Subject: Moskal on Slave Labor
> Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 23:58:18 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "PAC Washington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> GERMAN COMPENSATION OFFER
> EXCLUDES MAJORITY OF POLES
>
> Statement by Edward J. Moskal
> Chicago, October 18, 1999.
>
> Shades of Yalta! The sellout of Polish interests at the meetings on October
> 6 and 7, 1999, between Germans and representatives from countries occupied
> by the Nazis during World War II, brought back unpleasant memories of the
> shameful manner in which Poland had been treated over five decades ago. This
> time it was the German Government and the U.S. State Department who
> concocted a compensation agreement that would nullify the rights of numerous
> slave and forced laborers, survivors of the Polish Holocaust.
>
> The German Government and the State Department have agreed that $2.4 billion
> is an adequate sum for slave and forced laborers. Worse, their agreement
> totally excludes agricultural and municipal laborers. That exclusion
> severely restricts the potential of compensation on the part of Poles, as
> the majority of them were forced to work in the agricultural or public
> sectors. As a result, approximately 60% of the Polish survivors, who would
> otherwise be eligible for compensation, are excluded under the German
> Government's offer.
>
> It is a bitter irony that the Germany Government and the U.S. State
> Department would stand together against the interests of those who suffered
> under German aggression and occupation. Contemporary political concerns are
> seemingly more important to our State Department, however, as it seeks to
> bolster the diminishing popularity of Schroeders German government. And,
> the Germans are so pleased with the developments of negotiations thus far,
> that they have even suggested that the State Departments Stuart Eizenstat,
> ever concerned with German and Jewish interests, should continue as leader
> of the next round of negotiations.
>
> Survivors are divided roughly into four categories. Two of the categories
> cover concentration camp prisoners and persons compelled to perform labor
> for private German industry, as well as the accompanying or separated
> children of such persons. Two additional categories include those forced to
> work in agriculture and laboring under the control of a municipality. The
> latter category composed of agricultural and governmental forced laborers
> was excluded from the German offer.
>
> German companies were often willing exploiters of slave and forced laborers.
> Some of them are well-known to Americans. For example, Bayer, the huge
> manufacturer of aspirin and other medicinal products, in addition to
> approving experimentation on prisoners, used Poles and others on the floor
> of its plants. Ewa and Marian Kor were Poles among those upon whom Bayers
> "medication" was forcibly experimented. Ford Werke AG, Fords German
> subsidiary, also used forced labor. Elsa Iwanowa recalls that she was just
> ten years old when she and 1200 other Slavs were imported to Germany like
> animals. She lost her name and was given a number for identification by her
> German industrial masters.
>
> Most Poles, however, were assigned to forced labor on farms or put to heavy
> work under government agencies, such as road repairs or bridge
> reconstruction. In most cases, they were subjected to horrific treatment.
> Under the German Government's proposal, with which the U.S. State Department
> concurs, they will not receive any compensation.
>
> Although $2.4 billion seems at first to be a generous sum, it must be
> considered in terms of German resources. The German company Mercedes Benz
> alone, for instance, has assets valued at approximately $134 billion. The
> recent move of the German capital from Bonn to Berlin just this past year
> has cost an estimated $12 billion. In comparison, the German offer is
> paltry.
>
> Critics state that German companies have delayed concluding an agreement as
> the passage of years results in a dwindling number of potential
> beneficiaries. The next meeting regarding compensation to slave and forced
> laborers is scheduled to be held in Berlin on November 16 and 17, 1999.
>
> The Polish American Congress has taken immediate action by alerting its
> members and state divisions about the unsatisfactory German compensation
> offer. In addition, it has requested a meeting with President Clinton to
> express and explain its concern. It is also seeking support from the US
> Congress by means of a resolution demanding justice for those enslaved by
> Germanys Nazis in WWII.
>
> We are asking all Americans to write to President Clinton, protesting the
> lack of progress in the negotiations and the elimination of agricultural and
> municipal laborers from the compensible categories. Letters to congressman
> are also suggested.
> The Polish American Congress has been watching the negotiations carefully
> and our representatives have been engaged in various steps of the procedures
> leading to the current discussions. As President, I have taken a strong
> stand in favor of just compensation for Polish slave and forced laborers.
> The current offer is patently unjust and Polish Americans must rally in a
> national effort to demand justice.
>
> Edward J. Moskal
> President
