Belarusian officials have described the members of Poland's wartime resistance army as "fascist criminals" and launched proceedings. Warsaw is outraged.
Belarusian officials have described the members of Poland's wartime resistance army as "fascist criminals" and launched proceedings. Warsaw is outraged.
Belarusian officials have described the members of Poland's wartime resistance army as "fascist criminals" and launched proceedings. Warsaw is outraged.
Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Minsk, Belarus Photo: amanderson2 flickr.com
When commenting on the developments of this case, Andrei Shved, Belarus’s Prosecutor General, stated that the authorities have information regarding several still living Nazi criminals who participated in atrocities committed by various foreign units. These include battalions in the Lithuanian SS and the Home Army (Polish: Armia Krajowa
, AK). This statement has already caused official reactions from Lithuania and Poland. On the one hand, Minsk’s questionable actions involve messages inconsistent with established historical facts, particularly those concerning the AK’s activities during WWII. On the other hand, the legislative and judicial tools used by the regime to tackle the issue of Nazism need to be thoroughly analysed in order to understand how they may impact Belarusian society. This article offers an overview of the implications of Lukashenka’s campaign against Nazism for Belarusian s