Jan Maletka
Jan Maletka (1921–1942) was a Polish railway worker. On 20 August 1942 he was murdered by the Germans for providing water to Jews being transported to the Treblinka concentration camp.[1] On 26 November 2021, as a part of the Called by Name project, a plaque commemorating him has been revealed at the Treblinka railway station, which has sparked a controversy among some Jewish activists in Poland.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] Polish philosopher, Jewish activist and left-wing politician Jan Hartman explained that while history of Maletka is true, according to him specifically at the Treblinka ramp local Poles were cynically selling water to Jews, while Maletka provided it for free and his heroism should be recognized but not at the ramp.[4] The plaque commemorating Jan Maletka was placed at the place where he was killed, and during the ceremony the memory of all victims of Treblinka camps was honored.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Jan Maletka (ok. 1921-1942) - Instytut Pileckiego". instytutpileckiego.pl. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
- 1 2 ""Zawołani po imieniu" - upamiętnienie Jana Maletki w Treblince - Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego - Portal Gov.pl". Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-02-02.
- ↑ Leszczyński, Adam (18 December 2021). "Zabili go za pomaganie Żydom? Pomnik postawiony na podstawie jednej relacji po 40 latach". oko.press. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
- 1 2 Hartman, Jan (6 December 2021). "Poniżanie przez prawdę. Antysemicki skandal w Treblince". www.polityka.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-02-02.
- ↑ Grabowski, Jan (2022-01-29). "Opinion | The New Wave of Holocaust Revisionism". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
- ↑ Grabowski, Jan (7 January 2022). "Pomnik polskiej cnoty, czyli skandal w Treblince". wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
- ↑ Kozłowski, Wojciech (2021-12-14). "Jan Maletka zasługuje na upamiętnienie. Odpowiedź Adamowi Leszczyńskiemu". Portal I.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-02-02.
- ↑ "Jan Maletka zostanie upamiętniony. Kolejarz, który został zamordowany za pomoc Żydom w czasie okupacji". Portal Kolejowy NaKolei.pl (in Polish). 2021-11-24. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
- ↑ Aderet, Ofer (30 November 2021). "Monument to a Polish Man Who Offered Water to Jews in Treblinka Sparks Controversy". Haaretz. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
- ↑ Félix, Anikó; Forecki, Piotr (2024-04-02). "In the Shadow of Two Monuments: Local Battlefields of Politics of History in Hungary and Poland". The Journal of Holocaust Research. 38 (2): 154–172. doi:10.1080/25785648.2023.2300218. ISSN 2578-5648.
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