Ebook: The Rape of Poland: Pattern of Soviet Aggression
Author: Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
- Genre: History
- Tags: Russians -- Poland, Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Poland, Poland -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union, Poland -- History -- Occupation 1939-1945, Poland -- History -- 1945-1980, Diplomatic relations, Russians, Poland, Soviet Union
- Year: 1972
- Publisher: Praeger
- Language: English
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First published in 1948, this is the inside story by the former head of the Polish Government in Exile, and more recently head of the Peasants’ Party in Poland, which tried to find a way to co-operate with the Soviets.
“A raging question in Poland has become, ‘How long will it take them to communize us completely?’
“To my mind, however, the question is badly framed. I am convinced that human beings cannot be converted to communism if that conversion is attempted while the country concerned is under Communist rule. Under Communist dictatorship the majority become slaves—but men born in freedom, though they may be coerced, can never be convinced. Communism is an evil which is embraced only by fools and idealists not under the actual heel of such rule.
“The question should be phrased: How long can a nation under Communist rule survive the erosion of its soul?”—Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, Preface
“A raging question in Poland has become, ‘How long will it take them to communize us completely?’
“To my mind, however, the question is badly framed. I am convinced that human beings cannot be converted to communism if that conversion is attempted while the country concerned is under Communist rule. Under Communist dictatorship the majority become slaves—but men born in freedom, though they may be coerced, can never be convinced. Communism is an evil which is embraced only by fools and idealists not under the actual heel of such rule.
“The question should be phrased: How long can a nation under Communist rule survive the erosion of its soul?”—Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, Preface
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