Polish press circles were shocked today by the unexpected reappearance of the anti-Semitic Polish National Democrat organ, Jestem Poliakem (I Am a Pole) edited by its original editorial board. The publication had suspended following withdrawal of official Polish support.
A “solution” of the Jewish problem according to the anti-Semitic Endek theory is put forward as one of the major political demands in an article under the signature of Lucjan Zigota, which clearly indicates that it is designed not only for Polish circles but for anti-Semitic propaganda among Britons.
The article is written in the form of a conversation between a Scotsman and a Pole, the latter trying to convince the Scotsman that Britain is not interested in internal order in other states and that Poland “is not yet ripe for a liberal system like the English, but must establish an order best fitting its own particular requirements, guaranteeing maximum strength to the State.”
The article attacks “our official propaganda which says that there will be ideal collaboration between Poles and Jews after Hitler’s downfall” and stresses the need of spreading in Britain information on the Jewish problem based on sources such as Wiengierski’s notorious book, “September, 1939,” which blames the Jews for the Soviet invasion of Poland.
A mass emigration policy is advocated as the only solution of the Jewish problem. “We should even ask American Jewry to help in emigration of Jews from Poland,” the article states.
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