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


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 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

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 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.
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 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.
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 Mar 1, 10, 17:43    #4
Matowy:
His nationality is irrelevant. A good person is a good person,

what about a bad person?
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 Mar 1, 10, 17:52    #5
Ironside:
what about a bad person?

What do you mean? Most people are "bad".
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 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!
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 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?
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 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!
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 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.
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 Mar 1, 10, 22:04    #10
Matowy:
What

His nationality provided him with right incentive and background !
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 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?
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 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 ...
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 Mar 1, 10, 22:20    #13
There's a very good book about Henryk Sławik...

Henryk Sławik

...highly recommended!
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 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.
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 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.
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 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 :)
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 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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