Jan Maletka

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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 in the village of Treblinka, which has sparked a controversy. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Jan Maletka (ok. 1921-1942) - Instytut Pileckiego". instytutpileckiego.pl. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Hartman, Jan (6 December 2021). "Poniżanie przez prawdę. Antysemicki skandal w Treblince". www.polityka.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  5. ↑ Grabowski, Jan (2022-01-29). "Opinion | The New Wave of Holocaust Revisionism". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  6. ↑ Grabowski, Jan (7 January 2022). "Pomnik polskiej cnoty, czyli skandal w Treblince". wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  7. ↑ Kozłowski, Wojciech (2021-12-14). "Jan Maletka zasługuje na upamiętnienie. Odpowiedź Adamowi Leszczyńskiemu". Portal I.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ Aderet, Ofer (30 November 2021). "Monument to a Polish Man Who Offered Water to Jews in Treblinka Sparks Controversy". Haaretz. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  10. ↑ 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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