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64% of #Polish people say #Germany should pay reparations for the damage it caused to #Poland during #WWII according to a new Social Changes opinion poll (source: @wPolityce_pl, Sept 4)

#WarLossesReport #RaportStratWojennych #ReparacjedlaPolski #ReparationsForPoland #Statistics Image
The death toll in #WWII was enormous with millions of lives lost.
There was 1️⃣ country that suffered disproportionately, it was #Poland πŸ‡΅πŸ‡±

Chart: WW2 casualties as % of each country's population

#unREDEEMed #ReparationsNow #ReparationsForPoland #ReparacjedlaPolski #Infographic Image
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#OTD in 1939 πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ Germans shot 43 civilians on the market square in Rawa Mazowiecka, #Poland.

#PolishHistory #unREDEEMed #WW2 #history #ReparationsNow #ReparacjedlaPolski #twitteristorians #WW2photography
During the first days of WWII, Rawa was heavily bombed, and its population was severely affected. The Germans entered the town on Sept. 8, 1939, at which time males were gathered in the market square, where the Germans indulged in a sadistic game.
Among other things, many of the dignitaries, mostly aged, were made to run several kilometres in the direction of TomaszΓ³w. In a nearby wood the Germans threatened to kill them.
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#OTD in 1909 JΓ³zef Noji was born in PΔ™ckowo, Poland. One of the best long-distance runners of the 2nd Polish Republic he was executed by the #Germans in #Auschwitz. #ReparationsForPoland #PolishHistory #Olympics #history #twitteristorians #SportHistory @Olympics
He was an Olympian, multiple champion of πŸ‡΅πŸ‡± in the 5000, 10000 & cross country running but also a tram driver.

Noji could have been registered for the "Volksliste" in the 1930s as he had πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ roots, but he strictly refused, and joined the πŸ‡΅πŸ‡± resistance when #WWII broke out.
He was arrested on 18 Sep'40 and was initially kept at #Pawiak. After a year, he was transported to @auschwitz, where in Feb'43, in death block 11, he was shot in the neck for allegedly smuggling a letter. He was posthumously awarded the Cross of Valor.
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