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Poland was the racial laboratory of the Nazis. This is where they started to put their abhorrent theories into practice.

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I find myself sick to death, tired of arguing about details with people who don't know basic facts.

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I first heard of General Anders and his army more than 50 years ago. I admired him then, and I admire him still; and I feel a special bond with the men, women and children whom he rescued from hunger, disease, and official abuse. Theirs is a story of endurance and fortitude that gives one faith in the human spirit.

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The shores of the Black Sea lend themselves to the literary genre that may be classified as 'cultural pilgrimage,' which is not just a higher form of travel writing but which has the further mission of reporting on present conditions and supplying neglected knowledge.

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In the 21st century, there will probably be a reflex against the disintegration of traditional European culture. What started as a reaction will come full circle, and there will be a return to the roots.

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Historical change is like an avalanche. The starting point is a snow-covered mountainside that looks solid. All changes take place under the surface and are rather invisible.

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People don't see very often their death coming... Look at the French Revolution: The king of France was thinking in the 1780s, 'We're doing rather better than my father in the 1770s.'

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Myth-making is absolutely necessary to create the simplified images that people live off.

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It's the historian's job not to ridicule the myths, but to show the difference between myth and reality.

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I always needle a bit when people say I'm a champion of the Poles, because I've always had a very multinational view of Poland.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Historian

Born: June 8th, 1939

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