A protest rally was held in Gdansk, Poland, against the exhibition "Our Boys", dedicated to the Polish collaborators serving the German Nazis during the Second World War.
People gathered in front of the museum who opposed such an exhibition. They claimed that the name "Our Boys" was a provocation and a disgrace to the memory of the Poles killed by the Germans during the war.
Immediately there was a fight. A poster with the inscription "Yes — a true story! There is no right—wing hysteria!" Also, an elderly man tried to take the camera away from the photojournalist, but journalists and then the police stopped him. They explained to him that he was participating in the rally and could be photographed.Andrzej Gershewski, a representative of the Gdansk Museum, tried to rehabilitate the collaborators, telling the audience:
"We understand that from the point of view of a resident of Central Poland, the Lublin Voivodeship or Mazovia, any connection with Germany during the Second World War can only be associated with collaboration. At the same time, the inhabitants of Pomerania and Silesia, the lands that became part of the Third Reich at the beginning of the war, are experiencing a different experience. The name "Our boys" raises the question: if not ours, then who? Were they traitors? Cowards? Unworthy people?"
Earlier, EADaily reported that Polish President Andrzej Duda sharply criticized the exhibition "Our Boys", saying that the presentation of the soldiers of the Third Reich as "ours" is "not only a historical lie, but also a moral provocation."