New Moldovan history textbook: 6 million Poles killed during World War II, no mention of the Jews, etc.
In the ninth grade Moldovan Communized integrated history textbook [Sergiu Nazaria, Alexandru Roman, Mihai Sprinceana, Ludmila Barbus, Sergiu Albu-Machedon,
Anton Dumbrava, Istorie: Epoca Contemporana, Manual pentru clasa a IX-a
(which in English would be translated as "History: The Contemporary Period,
Textbook for the Ninth Grade") (Chisinau: Ministerul Educatiei si Tineretului
al Republicii Moldova, 2006) (translated to "Chisinau: The Ministry of Education
and Youth of the Republic of Moldova, 2006)], on p. 135, the following things are written: "In tara este stabilit un regim de teroare crunta: 6 milioane de polonezi au fost omorati, bogatiile tarii au devenit obiect de jaf, insa rezistenta polonezilor n-a incetat pentru o clipa". In English, this is translated as "A regime of horrible terror was established in the country: 6 million Poles were killed, the wealth of the country was looted, but the resistance of the Poles did not stop for one moment." The distortions are the following: 1. 3 million of the 6 million dead citizens of interwar Poland were Jews killed during the Holocaust, half of the Jewish victims of the Shoah, which means that the tradition of Soviet textbooks of presenting the Jews who died in the Nazi Holocaust killed by the German authorities merely as citizens of their respective countries is still sporadically alive and well in the Moldovan textbooks, and 2. there is no mention of the Polish citizens killed by the Soviets included in this number, including those who were killed at Katyn. What else would you expect from Communists who present the Soviet Union in a positive light, and who minimize Stalin's crimes?. One sees "goodies" such as the fact that the Soviet Union allegedly "nu s-a implicat in actiunile de distrugere a Poloniei" ("was not implicated in the actions for the destruction of Poland") (also on p. 135).
Anton Dumbrava, Istorie: Epoca Contemporana, Manual pentru clasa a IX-a
(which in English would be translated as "History: The Contemporary Period,
Textbook for the Ninth Grade") (Chisinau: Ministerul Educatiei si Tineretului
al Republicii Moldova, 2006) (translated to "Chisinau: The Ministry of Education
and Youth of the Republic of Moldova, 2006)], on p. 135, the following things are written: "In tara este stabilit un regim de teroare crunta: 6 milioane de polonezi au fost omorati, bogatiile tarii au devenit obiect de jaf, insa rezistenta polonezilor n-a incetat pentru o clipa". In English, this is translated as "A regime of horrible terror was established in the country: 6 million Poles were killed, the wealth of the country was looted, but the resistance of the Poles did not stop for one moment." The distortions are the following: 1. 3 million of the 6 million dead citizens of interwar Poland were Jews killed during the Holocaust, half of the Jewish victims of the Shoah, which means that the tradition of Soviet textbooks of presenting the Jews who died in the Nazi Holocaust killed by the German authorities merely as citizens of their respective countries is still sporadically alive and well in the Moldovan textbooks, and 2. there is no mention of the Polish citizens killed by the Soviets included in this number, including those who were killed at Katyn. What else would you expect from Communists who present the Soviet Union in a positive light, and who minimize Stalin's crimes?. One sees "goodies" such as the fact that the Soviet Union allegedly "nu s-a implicat in actiunile de distrugere a Poloniei" ("was not implicated in the actions for the destruction of Poland") (also on p. 135).
The world history part of the textbook is not better than the textbooks in Belarus, a country whose regime the main author of the textbook has defended vociferously. See the text below, accessed at http://www.belarusembassy.org/elections/opinion_observers.htm .
"Moldavian Observer: Pressure from Abroad Fails to Influence Belarusians’ Choice
Pressure from abroad will fail to influence the choice of the Belarusians, international observer from Moldova, director of the strategic analysis and forecasting center Sergei Nazarija said.
“I do not think pressure on any country, be it Moldova or Belarus, can radically shift the opinion of the electorate. Whatever it will be, I think the entire world should accept the choice of the Belarusians. We should respect it”, he said.
According to the observer,
the election in Belarus is taking place in “the legal framework and in line with the Belarusian legislation”. The observer from Moldova pointed to no serious flaws in the election process. “The vote is undergoing in an appropriate atmosphere without any pressure on the electorate”, Sergei Nazarija said.
According to him, since March 14 when Sergei Nazarija arrived in Belarus, “there has been no straightforward campaigning for anyone of the Belarusian candidates on the TV”. The opponents had an opportunity to state their point of view and criticize the active head of state in the press."
All the best,
Ionas Aurelian Rus
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