Chapter 1383 I won’t admit it even if I’m beaten to death

The atmosphere in the room instantly became oppressive - after all, the mention of the word "concentration camp" only brought to mind a bloody history.

Xiao Peng continued, "According to this guy's handwriting, he was in charge of a producer concentration camp in Auschwitz."

The famous "Auschwitz" is not actually a concentration camp, but a collective name for more than 40 concentration camps near Auschwitz. The largest Nazi concentration camp discovered during World War II was located there.

Throughout World War II, Germany built more than 1,200 concentration camps across Europe, but the highest concentration was in Poland, where they built countless concentration camps. The most notorious of these was Auschwitz, which had gas chambers and incinerators, and executed prisoners in batches.

Millions of people were imprisoned here throughout World War II, but when the Allies liberated the camp, only about 7,000 people survived. Killing, killing, and killing were going on there every day.

Why were most concentration camps concentrated in Poland? This is another rather embarrassing topic.

Everyone knows that World War II began with Germany's invasion of Poland, but why did they invade Poland first? That's another question.

There's a reason Poland is nicknamed the 'Footbind of Europe': the country has never been a pushover.

In its early history, Poland was a powerful nation, conquering and plundering territory everywhere. The country that suffered the most was its "Slavic brother," Russia. The two countries had a century-long "in-depth and friendly exchange." At that time, in order to seize Belarusian territory, they massacred 100,000 Russian prisoners of war in one fell swoop! At its peak, its territory included Lithuania, Belarus, and Ukraine, making it the largest country in Europe besides Tsarist Russia. They even wanted to seize Tsarist Russia and establish a puppet government there, including neighboring countries like Sweden and Germany. They fought them all.

Of course, their actions also sowed the seeds of disaster. In the end, they were beaten badly by the combined forces of Austria-Hungary, Sweden and Tsarist Russia. They were divided three times within 23 years, and the country, once the second largest in Europe, was completely destroyed.

Poland was restored to independence after the First World War, but what was their first act? Invasion! Unsatisfied with the borders established by the Treaty of Versailles, they sought to restore their original 1772 territories. First, they occupied Lithuania, then, taking advantage of the civil war between the White and Red Russians in Tsarist Russia, they seized much of Belarus and Ukraine.

It was indeed not easy for the Red Russians at that time. They had to fight the White Russians and Poland at the same time. So why didn't Poland unite with the White Russians to fight the Red Russians? Because the White Russians hated Poland even more!

It wasn't until 1920, when the Russian Civil War ended and Russia became "Soviet Russia" (PS: The Soviet Union was established in 1922), that they found time to strike back at Poland, directly attacking Warsaw. At this time, Poland had no choice but to basically accept the border between the two countries stipulated in the Treaty of Versailles!

But they were not satisfied yet. When Germany invaded Czechoslovakia, they followed suit and frantically occupied Czech territory. When the war ended and Germany asked them for the "Danzig Corridor" (the Danzig Corridor was German territory ceded to Poland after the end of World War I according to the Treaty of Versailles), they refused to acknowledge it.

Poland was the most active country at the Paris Peace Conference. It openly supported Japan's invasion of Shandong and was the first to recognize Japan's status in the three northeastern provinces.

Why were they so concerned about things thousands of miles away? Because they believed their biggest enemy was Tsarist Russia, and at that time, Tsarist Russia was fighting against Japan. The enemy of my enemy was my friend, and supporting Japan was fighting Tsarist Russia. As for Daxia? I don't care if you live or die!

Poland's two-faced behavior also angered Germany, which directly contacted the Soviet Union and proposed a joint attack on Poland.

The Soviet Union had just been stabbed by Poland, and at this time, the two countries settled the old and new grudges together. They signed the "Non-Aggression Pact" and joined forces to destroy Poland again, and World War II officially began.

Incidentally, when the Soviet Union and Germany attacked Poland, Britain, France, and other countries stood by and watched, verbally declaring war on Germany but not sending a single soldier until Poland was destroyed. To this day, most Europeans have a negative attitude towards Poland.

However, after being captured by the Nazis, they showed a different attitude: they became loyal lackeys, helping them to massacre Jews and playing the role of executioners. It is no surprise that this became the most densely populated area of the concentration camp.

To be honest, after the war, 6,706 Poles were recognized as having saved Jews during the Holocaust. This number is the highest among all countries, basically accounting for a quarter of the total population. However, more Poles chose to directly sell out Jews to the Nazi authorities, seize their wealth or even kill them directly!

However, what they are doing now is very cool. They simply choose not to admit it.

In recent years, Poland has been obsessively trying to "purify its past" and has directly enacted laws banning terms such as "Polish concentration camps" and prohibiting any implication that Poland directly or indirectly massacred Jews during World War II. Violators will be sentenced to up to three years in prison.

They say these concentration camps were built and operated by Nazi Germany and have nothing to do with them. They never collaborated with Nazi Germany. We are merely victims. All responsibility for the Holocaust lies with Nazi Germany. They had no involvement or collaboration! Those who accuse them of being Nazi accomplices should be punished.

This is just like Japan: Even though the evidence is right in front of me, I just refuse to acknowledge it! Same old historical revisionism.

As soon as this bill was promulgated, countries such as the European Union, the United States, and Israel directly protested and demanded that they face history squarely, but they just don't listen. What can you do?

This is also an important reason why European countries hate Poland.

The atmosphere in the cabin was rather depressing. It was Kasin who finally broke the silence. He whispered, "I think... the boss's discomfort isn't simply due to Auschwitz."

After hearing this, everyone looked at Kasim.

Kasin said, "Boss, just now you said that Albert was stationed in Ukraine and mentioned the Galicia region. Warren belongs to the Galicia region, right? If I'm not mistaken, this is why you're so depressed. Boss, am I right?"

Xiao Peng didn't say anything after hearing this, and nodded after a while.

Seeing everyone looking at him in confusion, Kashin said, "Oh, you're not Russian, so it's not surprising that you don't know that history. Not to mention the boss, I feel uncomfortable just thinking about it now."

Everyone asked curiously, "How can someone as insensitive as you feel uncomfortable? What on earth is going on there?"