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W dn. 22 sierpnia 2003 r. Jerusalem Post opublikował artykuł pt. ?Izraelskie Siły Zbrojne oddają w powietrzu honory ofiarom Auschwitz". Nawiązując zatem do treści artykułu Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau z ubolewaniem przyjęło przedstawiony w artykule sposób demonstrowania w tym miejscu siły militarnej Izraela. W sprawie tej Muzeum przeprowadziło również ustne konsultacje z przedstawicielami Międzynarodowej Rady Oświęcimskiej, którzy podobnie jak my nie popierają takiego sposobu oddania honoru ofiarom Auschwitz i z żalem przyjmują przedstawioną propozycję zorganizowania ?LOTU PAMIĘCI" nad terenami byłego obozu Auschwitz. > > Ponizsza drobna notka z Jerusalem Post (cytowana za > FreeRepublic.Com) moze bedzie ciekawa dla Panstwa. Polecam > szczegolnie fragment "Wracamy do narodu gdzie podjeto probe aby > zniszczyc narod zydowski z pozycji sily. Nie dosc ze bedziemy > pamietac 6 milinow zamordowanych w holokauscie ale ten lot > bedzie bardzo istotny bo bedzie pokazem zywotnosci i potegi > naszego lotnictwa". "Lot nasz ma pokazac dlugie ramie i zdolnosc > do operowania na dalekich, nieznanych obszarach." > Proponuje aby to pozostalo bez komentarza. > WD > > http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/972131/posts > > IAF honors Auschwitz victims with flyover > Jerusalem Post ^ | Aug. 28, 2003 | ARIEH O'SULLIVAN > > Posted on 08/28/2003 10:03 AM PDT by yonif > > Three F-15 fighter jets, some piloted by sons and grandsons of > Holocaust survivors, take off Thursday for an historical booming > fly past over the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. > > Proudly displaying the blue Star of David, the three jets, the > most lethal aircraft in the IAF's arsenal, will swoop down low > in next week's September skies and jet straight over the train > platform where the Nazis held their infamous selections that > sent hundreds of thousands of Jews to their deaths in gas > chambers. > > The feat will also demonstrate Israel's long-arm reach of its > premier fighter jets which will fly the 1,600 nautical mile > route. > > "It gives me goose bumps just thinking about it. I have dreamt > of this for 15 years. It will be very moving for me," Brig.-Gen. > Amir Eshel told The Jerusalem Post. > > Eshel, commander of the strategically crucial Tel Nof airbase. > > Eshel will lead the fly past scheduled for September 4. While he > exact time cannot be given for security purposes, Air Force > officials said that it would take place "around midday," and > noted that the event is open to all who may wish to visit the > death camp on that day. > > "We will fly past over Auschwitz and we will show the most > powerful might of the IDF where the most awful tragedy happened > to the Jewish people. This symbolizes so much where we came from > and where we are going," said Eshel, whose mother's family was > wiped out by the Nazis in Poland. > > The idea for the fly past came about after the Polish air force > invited the IAF to participate in their gala celebrations > marking their 85th birthday. The IAF agreed and will be sending > a large delegation and small fleet of aircraft to Poland next > week. The IAF will be joining other air forces from around the > world at the celebrations to be held at the Radom airbase some > 250 kilometers from Warsaw. The trio of IAF F-15 jets will > perform aero-acrobatics at the base. > > Eshel said the invitation was the perfect time to stage the > memorial fly past and asked the Poles what they thought of the > idea. After initial foot dragging, they agreed and even gave > enormous logistical support such as aerial photos of the camps > and clear flight paths. > > On the day of the event, the three war jets will fly toward the > Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. They will slow to some > 300 knots and fly as low as possible along the railroad tracks > leading into the camp and crematoriums and then peel away. > > "We will be flying slow and low so that everyone on the ground > will be able to clearly see the IAF markings and the blue Star > of David," said navigator Capt. Shai who helped planned the > event and will also participate in the fly past. > > This is not the first time the Israeli army will have come to > the infamous concentration camp. In 1992, then chief of general > staff Lt.-Gen. Ehud Barak led a delegation where he solemnly > declared "We got here 50 years too late." > > In the years since, the IDF has sent delegations of officers to > Eastern Europe on a journey that led them to a number of death > camps. This year's group, known as "Witnesses in Uniform," will > be led by Brig.-Gen. Ido Nehushtan, head of Air Force ' Command, > and will include 140 officers. They will form the Israeli > delegation on the ground during the fly past. > > Gen. Eshel chose the aircrews personally. Some were reservists > who have participated in many of the IAF's battles. The > grandparents of another pilot both survived Auschwitz and moved > to Israel. Another pilot is the son of partisans who fought the > Nazis. > > But Capt. Shai, the F-15 navigator who will be in the lead jet, > is the son of Moroccan and Iraqi parents. > > "I am a member of the Jewish people and that serves as my > connection to the Holocaust. This is also very important for me > because it shows our might today," said Shai, 25, whose last > name could not be revealed due to security regulations. > > "We are returning to a nation where there was an attempt to > vanquish the Jewish nation from a position of strength," Capt. > Shai said. "Not only will we be remembering the six million > murdered in the Holocaust, but this flight has great importance > today since it shows the vitality, versatility and might of the > Air Force." > > "The IAF has recently been doing a lot of cooperation with many > air forces and you can say that going to Poland with the F-15s > shows our long arm and our ability to operate in far off, > unknown lands," Capt. Shai. > > "It is hard to tell what I will feel when I will be in the > cockpit then," said Capt. Shai. > > "But this is a camp where so many Jews were killed and for us to > come back in an F-15, the greatest symbol of the Jewish nation's > strength, will characterize the whole route our people have > taken. I will feel very proud." > > The jets will return to the Polish air force base after the fly > past, refuel and head back to Israel.
