As I reflect on this trip now, around the Jewish High Holidays, I think about Yom Kippur, the day of atonement. A time of annual introspection. A time for accepting responsibility for our actions through prayers and confession.
None of the West European countries that collaborated with the Nazi occupiers has been held adequately accountable for the past. But Poland is the only country that s trying to rewrite history by glorifying their society s attitude towards Jews during the war.
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