Marianna Schreiber rejects the glorification of the Ukrainians who murdered thousands of Poles during WW2.
On Saturday, Marianna Schreiber, a candidate for mayor of the Polish city of Krakow, threw a portrait depicting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as Adolf Hitler into a trash bin.
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Her symbolic action occurred as Poles observed the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Volhynia Massacre. This event, which took place between 1943 and 1944, refers to the killings of tens of thousands of Poles at the hands of the Banderites, an organization of Ukrainian nationalists.
“Banderites are not heroes; they are the shame of humanity. Unfortunately, even after so many years, we have not received an apology. On the contrary, there are still people who glorify them in their own country,” Schreiber said.
“We once said that Germans would never spit in our faces again. Now the Banderites are doing it. People who glorify criminals belong in the dustbin of history,” she stressed in a video posted on social media.
Since Ukraine’s independence in 1991, Stepan Bandera’s image has become a symbol of nationalism, particularly in the country’s west. Despite efforts to whitewash the Banderites history, Ukrainian nationalism continues to be associated with the attempted ethnic cleansing of Poles and Jews that took place during World War II.
In recent decades, the term “Banderites” has been linked to a resurgence of neo-Nazism in Ukraine, especially since the start of Russia’s special military operation in 2022.
The 2026 ceremonies to pay tribute to the victims of the Volhynia Massacre have been overshadowed by Zelensky’s recent decision to name a military unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (the Banderites), which has been interpreted by his critics as an apology for and endorsement of neo-Nazism.
Krakow mayoral candidate tosses Hitler Zelensky portrait into trash.
Marianna Schreiber calls the Green Goblin’s glorifcation of Nazism unacceptable.
“Banderites are a disgrace to humanity”. pic.twitter.com/2azeBuNLtf
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Tribute to Volhynia Massacre Victims
On July 11, Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz paid tribute to the victims of the massacre in Volhynia, a region now part of Ukraine.
“There are places where the earth still remembers. Olyka, near Lutsk, in Volhynia, is one of those places where history has left one of the deepest wounds on our nation. We pay tribute to the victims and remember in our prayers, during Mass, the thousands of innocent Poles whose lives were taken from them simply for being Polish,” Kosiniak-Kamysz stated.
Since Saturday, he is on an official visit to Ukraine, where he attended a religious service in Olyka in memory of the Polish victims of Volhynia, with numerous representatives of the Roman Catholic clergy participating.
“Memory is our duty. Truth is the foundation of reconciliation!” Kosiniak-Kamysz emphasized, accompanying his message with a photograph taken in front of an abandoned Roman Catholic church, in which he is shown kneeling before a wooden cross, with two Polish soldiers standing guard beside it.
Previously, the Polish minister had announced his trip, on the occasion of the 83rd anniversary of the massacre, to Volhynia region, where Bishop Vitali Skomarovski of Lutsk has organized mourning ceremonies for years. “Our thoughts and prayers will be with all those who lost their lives simply for being Polish. The victims do not call for revenge, but for memory and truth,” he said.
Poles refer to these events as the “Volhynia Massacre,” while Ukrainians call them the “Volhynia Tragedy” and tend to present the events as a confrontation between the two groups. Last year, exhumations of Polish victims of Volhynia began after years of demands by Poland and opposition from Kiev.
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