prof_dr_hab
05.05.05, 20:26
Tekst: [moje komentarze w nawiasach kwadratowych]
In the struggle that ended on VE Day, racist and national hatred consumed
more civilians than in any previous conflict [Wspaniale, ze wiadomo o co
chodzi - spytaj mlodych Anglikow, a na pewno powiedza co to VE Day]. Those
civilians were unarmed and unprotected. Indeed, it was the forces of law and
order - the police and the army - that turned most savagely against the
innocent. [Nic nie wiadomo kto kogo dlaczego i kiedy]
Nazi race hatred, race laws, and racially dominated education, demonised
whole peoples. [A kto to sa ci Nazi? Jest może jakieś państwo Naziland?]
Jews, Slavs, gypsies, the mentally ill, homosexuals, were singled out as
unworthy of life - and were murdered. [Przez kogo? Nie dowiemy sie chyba]
As the war drew to an end, the Allied soldiers came across horrendous signs
of the mass murder that had stalked Europe. [Kto byl tym mass murderer w
takim razie?]
Soviet troops liberated Auschwitz. British troops liberated Belsen. American
troops liberated Dachau. What they found in these camps was almost beyond
description. [Bardzo ciekawe. Pewnie Marsjanie dowodzili tymi obozami].
Agonising sights
Victory on the battlefield normally comes with rejoicing.
While every victorious nation was relieved that the ordeal of its fighting
forces was over, and that relentless bombardment from the air was at an end,
the sights of Europe were agonising.
Nations that had suffered under German occupation found a new ruler: Soviet
Communism. [Tu też nie za bardzo wiadomo kto to sa ci Soviets. Moze to Czesi,
a moze Mongołowie?] The liberties they had dreamed of while they were captive
were, in the very moment of liberation, denied them.
Millions of German civilians fled westward to try to
escape the Soviet forces !!!!! [Ach sa i Niemcy!!! Ale w jakim kontekście?
Biedni, uciekajacy przed naporem owych "nie wiadomo kto to" Soviets. Och
jacy biedni ci Niemcy, jacy biedni!!!]. Millions of German soldiers were
taken into captivity deep inside the Soviet Union. [Czyli miliony Niemcow
zostalo straszliwie skrzywdzonych pod koniec wojny. Podobna krzywda spotyka
co roku kilkaset osób w USA, ktore musza poddac się wyrokowi KS. Ach jacy oni
wszyscy biedni]
Civilians liberated from the concentration camps languished in Displaced
Persons Camps.
Many Jews who tried to return to their homes found that they were not
welcome. More than 1,000 Jews were murdered on Polish soil as they tried to
re-enter their homes. [Ooooooooo!!!! Są i Polacy! Jako kto? Ano jako mordercy
Żydów, rzecz jasna!]
Bitter-sweet peace
The Germans huddled in a bomb-scarred, starving land.
Hunger stalked even the liberated nations. Desperation was the mood of many
of those liberated. They were not to know that within two years the United
States would launch the Marshall Plan, to bring food and aid to a ravaged
continent.
The days of peace were bitter-sweet.
Too much blood had been shed, too many homes destroyed, too many families
would never be reunited.
Most bitter of all, for some, those who were able to leave the European
continent found that their stories were not of interest to their new hosts.
"Put the war behind you," was the repeated refrain. "Don't disturb us with
your horror stories".
One can only pray that Europe will never again see even a fragment of such
horrors that became a part of history on 8 May 1945: even if, until today,
there are those for whom they are very much a part of their memories - and
their nightmares. [Faktycznie można tylko miec nadziej, gdyż niedlugo
naprawde nie bedzie wiadomo kto zkim i o co wlaczyl, a Niemcy będa ofiarami
polskich obowów koncentracyjnych (razem z Żydami)]
Martin Gilbert is the author of 75 books including The Second World War,
published by Weidenfeld in the UK and Holt in the US. He will be taking part
in the BBC's global phone-in programme Talking Point, on Sunday 8 May.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4516211.stm