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The WW2 Hero.. Henryk Sławik (1894-1944)

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McCoyThreads: 46 Posts: 1,756 Joined: Jul 3, 08 ♂	Mar 1, 10, 03:50 #1
Henryk Sławik (1894-1944) was a Polish politician, diplomat, and social worker who during World War II helped save 5,000 Hungarian and Polish Jews from Budapest by giving them false Polish passports. http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Henryk_Slawik

IronsideThreads: 59 Posts: 6,786 Joined: Feb 26, 09 ♂	Mar 1, 10, 11:52 #2
So What? Soon this thread will be full of upstart who have nothing similar to present and will be playing down fact that HE was Polish. Recognition of His moral integrity and courage is needed only for people to understand that it can be done. He doesn't need it! By the way, life of His wife after the war is an answer for many questions about Poland asked by foreigners.

MatowyThreads: 1 Posts: 519 Joined: Jul 4, 09 ♂	Mar 1, 10, 17:26 #3
Ironside: Soon this thread will be full of upstart who have nothing similar to present and will be playing down fact that HE was Polish. His nationality is irrelevant. A good person is a good person, regardless of where they were born or where they live.

IronsideThreads: 59 Posts: 6,786 Joined: Feb 26, 09 ♂	Mar 1, 10, 17:43 #4
Matowy: His nationality is irrelevant. A good person is a good person, what about a bad person?

MatowyThreads: 1 Posts: 519 Joined: Jul 4, 09 ♂	Mar 1, 10, 17:52 #5
Ironside: what about a bad person? What do you mean? Most people are "bad".

IronsideThreads: 59 Posts: 6,786 Joined: Feb 26, 09 ♂	Mar 1, 10, 18:02 #6
Matowy: What do you mean? Most people are "bad". as in "bad more than average" huh? Do you have a point ? becaouse I do! There are certin kind of people, plenty of them to be honest, who will notice someone nationality when said person do wrong,and before you ask - kick his dog for fun! The same people tend to downplay role of nationality when "hero" factor comes into the play!

MatowyThreads: 1 Posts: 519 Joined: Jul 4, 09 ♂	Mar 1, 10, 18:20 #7
Ironside: There are certin kind of people, plenty of them to be honest, who will notice someone nationality when said person do wrong,and before you ask - kick his dog for fun! I have no idea what this is supposed to mean. Ironside: The same people tend to downplay role of nationality when "hero" factor comes into the play! Good for them?

IronsideThreads: 59 Posts: 6,786 Joined: Feb 26, 09 ♂	Mar 1, 10, 21:03 #8
Matowy: I have no idea what this is supposed to mean. I don't know either :) I wanted to say that Slawik was an Polish Hero and Poles have a right to be proud of him!

MatowyThreads: 1 Posts: 519 Joined: Jul 4, 09 ♂	Mar 1, 10, 21:47 #9
Ironside: I wanted to say that Slawik was an Polish Hero and Poles have a right to be proud of him! What, so they can usurp his achievements and pass them off as their own (however vaguely)? It is an insult to such people to attribute their deeds to their nationality or other such irrelevant factors. He did good things because he was a good person, not because of his nationality.

IronsideThreads: 59 Posts: 6,786 Joined: Feb 26, 09 ♂	Mar 1, 10, 22:04 #10
Matowy: What His nationality provided him with right incentive and background !

MatowyThreads: 1 Posts: 519 Joined: Jul 4, 09 ♂	Mar 1, 10, 22:08 #11
Ironside: His nationality provided him with right incentive and background ! So his traits are inherent to Poland and the Polish?

IronsideThreads: 59 Posts: 6,786 Joined: Feb 26, 09 ♂	Mar 1, 10, 22:17 #12
Matowy: So his traits are inherent to Poland and the Polish? no but Poland provided supportive climate for them to blossom ...

TorqThreads: 65 Posts: 4,024 Joined: Apr 10, 09 MEMBER ♂	Mar 1, 10, 22:20 #13
There's a very good book about Henryk Sławik... ...highly recommended!

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Mar 2, 10, 09:27 #14
Look at Oscar Schindler, he most definitely wasn't Polish. He saved many Jews and put his back into his cause.

gumishuThreads: 17 Posts: 3,943 Joined: Apr 6, 09 ♂	Mar 2, 10, 12:09 #15
Seanus: Look at Oscar Schindler, he most definitely wasn't Polish. He saved many Jews and put his back into his cause. I think it was his wife who was more into the cause than Oskar Schindler himself.

IronsideThreads: 59 Posts: 6,786 Joined: Feb 26, 09 ♂	Mar 2, 10, 12:54 #16
Seanus: Look at Oscar Schindler, he most definitely wasn't Polish. He saved many Jews and put his back into his cause. As I understood he saved them for financial reason, what does it prove anyway? his cause was his purse ...according to his wife :)

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Mar 2, 10, 13:40 #17
She didn't get much of a mention in the film. Maybe she should have done?

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