[poinq]

I think its the latter. The poles bristle at the idea that they were complicit with the Germans. They feel they were occupied by ruthless thugs and most tried to do what they could while others did what they thought was required to survive. There are always a few cowards anywhere. The poles had it very tough. They were invaded first by the Germans then soon by the Russians who stayed for 40 years. Nobody should question them, after what they went through. And anybody who was 20 years old then in 46 is over 90 today. So there are no individuals to punish.

[Mastador1]

Yes I agree, my parents were in Hungary during the war so they knew first hand the brutality of both the Germans(my mother and her sister were threatened with death if they brought food to their Jewish neighbors again, and they were only children) and the Russians, just as the Poles and others did. Sadly in some cases, not to in any way minimize the death camps, the Russians were more brutal than the Germans.