Red Army invades Poland , 17 September 1939

The Polish embassy in Moscow has strongly protested against a Russian TV report suggesting Poland collaborated with Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union during WW II.

“The report is deceitful and unreliable. It is a striking example of the falsification of history,” reads the official statement by the embassy. “It is sad that such a report was broadcast at prime time. Certainly, it will not improve the relationship between our two countries and will not lead to reconciliation between our nations,” writes the embassy.

The report, broadcast by the main state-owned Rossija TV station , claimed that the government in Warsaw was in secret alliance with Nazi Germany and Japan in preparation to invade the Soviet Union. Hitler’s portrait in the cabinet of Poland’s pre-war Foreign Minister Jozef Beck proves the thesis, claims the TV journalists.

According to Gazeta Wyborcza, the report is just a sample of what viewers can expect in the run up to the 70 year anniversary of the beginning of World War II and the signing of the infamous Ribbentrop - Molotov Pact, a non-aggression agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union which opened the way for the invasion of Poland from the west, and the east. (mg/pg)

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