1jola 14 | 1,879 28 Nov 2008 / #1Good news. Helena Wolinska finally died in England.Helena Wolińska-Brus (born 1919 as Fajga Mindla Danielak died 2008) was a former military prosecutor from Poland, involved in Stalinist regime show trials of the 1950s.
osiol 55 | 3,921 28 Nov 2008 / #3Odd how "advanced age" and it being "a long time ago" can be used as excuses.Odd? Or sickening?Who on earth was she?Copy the link and pop an h at the beginning.Pal of Stalin's apparently.I will, however add, that saying this is good news is the wrong way to look at it. She should have been tried for what she did. She lived the rest of her life in legal-immunity if I believe correctly. Death is not a punishment in such circumstances. Death comes to us all eventually.
Seanus 15 | 19,674 28 Nov 2008 / #4Good riddance then!! I'm not one of those people who believe that we shouldn't speak ill of the dead, although I tend not to do it as a matter of course.
osiol 55 | 3,921 28 Nov 2008 / #7Polish-born Jewish or something like that. I'm sure some people will have their typical field day with this.
Bzibzioh 28 Nov 2008 / #9"Among other crimes, she is alleged of organising the unlawful arrest of, and aiding investigation and trial against, Poland's wartime hero general Emil August Fieldorf, a legendary commander of the Polish underground Polish Home Army during WW II. Emil August Fieldorf was executed on February 24, 1953. Communist authorities concluded already in a 1956 report that Wolińska had violated the rule of law by her involvement in biased investigations and trials that frequently resulted in executions."Alleged cos she never stud a trial of her own for that crime.
Seanus 15 | 19,674 28 Nov 2008 / #10Another dubiously compiled quote. Alleged to have organised seems more correct
Bzibzioh 28 Nov 2008 / #11Yeah, Seanus, lets analyze quality of translation here. Purity of Queen’s English over all! The hell with merit.
scorpio 20 | 188 28 Nov 2008 / #12Good news. Helena Wolinska finally died in England.That is good news. I don't have any sympathy for a devious Communist like herself. She murdered, tortured, and imprisoned countless innocent Polish Catholics.
RubasznyRumcajs 5 | 498 28 Nov 2008 / #14well....shame on britain- because she (i.e. hw) wasnt expelled.@scorpio:no, its not a good news. she shouldnt die as 'free' human- she should be arrested and jailed.btw, ".... innocent Polish Catholics" - so, if she would murder, tortur and imprisoning Polish Protestants or Polish Orthodox or Polish Atheists etc- would it do a difference?
Daisy 3 | 1,224 29 Nov 2008 / #15Odd how "advanced age" and it being "a long time ago" can be used as excuses.Odd? Or sickening?just plain wrong, she never allowed her victims the luxury of dieing from old age
Filios1 8 | 1,336 29 Nov 2008 / #16The witch is finally dead... but obviously she did not deserve to die naturally.I hope she rots in hell for her crimes....I still cannot believe why England did not deport her back to Poland, where we would have put her on trial, and in prison for the last years of her miserable life.Despite her involvement in Stalinist-era crimes she called to forget that period in her life and, in her own words, "not to disrupt her with this silly prosecution"What a disgusting human being...RIP Emil Fieldorf. You were a true hero, and never deserved such a horrible fate for your sacrifices.
Daisy 3 | 1,224 29 Nov 2008 / #17I still cannot believe why England did not deport her back to PolandProbably had friends in the right places, same as Pinochet
OP 1jola 14 | 1,879 29 Nov 2008 / #18From Chicago Tribune:"After communism’s collapse, Poland’s new leaders quickly rehabilitated thereputations of heroes such as Fieldorf. They also began going through thefiles and building criminal cases against those responsible for the worst ofthe Stalin-era crimes. In 1999 the Polish government asked for Wolinska-Brus’extradition.She replied with disdain: The charges were “idiotic,” she said, and Poland was a “despicable” country.“If they don’t like you, they accuse you of being an ex-communist and a Jew,” she told The Jewish Chronicle, a prominent British publication. She vowed to never return to “the land of Auschwitz and Birkenau.”But while anti-Semitism is a touchy issue in Poland, “she is being asked about her responsibility for the death of a very important Polish hero, and that has nothing to do with being Jewish,” said Rafal Wnuk, a Polish historian and expert on the Stalin era.One prominent Pole who feels strongly that Wolinska-Brus should stand trial is Wladyslaw Bartoszewski, a former foreign minister, former Auschwitz inmateand now a special foreign policy adviser to new Prime Minister Donald Tusk.Bartoszewski, 82, also served in the Home Army, where he helped organize Zegota, the Council for Aid to Jews."The British record if often dishonorable. Sweden is also giving shelter to a Stalinist prosecutor: Adam Michnik's brother, Stefan. Shame.
Polonius3 994 | 12,367 29 Nov 2008 / #19Helen Wolińska (real name: Fajga Mindla) has died at 89 in Britain where she had been a political fugitive for many years. A Stalinist military prosecutor, she was instrumental in the jailing, torture and death of Polish freedom-fighters, including Gen. August Emil Fieldorf. The Jewish communist held many other important posts in the former Soviet-backed regime until the ruling communist party udner Władysław Gomułka staged an anti-Semitic purge in 1968. Despite numerous Polish requests, the Brits had refused to extradite Wolińska to stand trial as a Stalinist criminal in Poland.
Wroclaw 44 | 5,379 29 Nov 2008 / #20Polonius3,This is yet another of you copy postings. Please, don't keep posting topics that we have already discussed.
osiol 55 | 3,921 29 Nov 2008 / #21Username:Polonius3Member Since:Apr 11, 08Last Post:Today, 05:59Threads:200Posts:685
Polonius3 994 | 12,367 29 Nov 2008 / #22Mea maxima culpa! A cursory glance seemed to indicate the topic hadn't been raised. Only proves that haste makes waste!
celinski 31 | 1,258 29 Nov 2008 / #23Despite numerous Polish requests, the Brits had refused to extradite Wolińska to stand trial as a Stalinist criminal in Poland.It is rather sad that justice was not carried out. Thanks for the update.
miranda 29 Nov 2008 / #24A cursory glance seemed to indicate the topic hadn't been raised.https://polishforums.com/archives/2005-2009/news/helena-wolinska-dead-30222/what about this?Only proves that haste makes waste!you are very correct on that one.People have told you before that you repeat the topics and you still do it.Don't you read replies? What is the purpose of some of your threads?You actually behave like a troll.Puzzler comes to mind
Prince 15 | 590 29 Nov 2008 / #25It is fact that it is not possible to catch communist criminals with Jewish origin, There is no problem if they had other than this origin...Helena Wolinska has murdered leader of Polish anti-Nazi resistance.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_August_Fieldorf
Grzegorz_ 51 | 6,149 29 Nov 2008 / #27Helena Wolinska finally diedGood. Too bad Gerries didn't put that s*it to the ovens.Why wasn't she tried in England?Because she was one of the chosen.I wonder if there were other people who escaped like her.Many. For example Shlomo Morel. Some other s*it like Bielski bros are made heroes now.
wildrover 98 | 4,441 29 Nov 2008 / #29Please, don't keep posting topics that we have already discussed.Perhaps he is hoping that people may think his posting was the first and that he does have some original thoughts and idea.s not likely , but what else can he do...?
jonni 16 | 2,482 29 Nov 2008 / #30Remember, Celinski, that you posted about her, saying she had been extradited to Poland? I wondered where you got that from, now it's clear - nowhere!It's sad that people like Pani Wolinska, who committed crimes are able to get away scot-free, but there comes a time when a line must be drawn under the past, so life can go forward.