“It's biology. Those who remember are dying, and the young are brainwashed by black-and-white versions of history which, in reality, is multi-coloured, like life".
... observed recently by Poland's Jaruzelski (its last communist leader) pictured here in court at 86. He was commenting on why Poles don't seem to be interested in his take on the country's liberalization history and his role in it.
Some 25 years earlier, Jaruzelski imposed martial law, initiating a brutal 19-month crackdown on the pro-democracy Solidarity trade-union movement, an event which apparently disturbed Pope John Paul II (himself a pole) sufficiently enough to prompt a visit. The poignancy of the moment captured in the iconic photo below is palpable.
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