Research suggests that Poland’s public opinion of Ukrainians is indeed worsening. According to a March 2025 poll by the respected CBOS Centre, just 50% of Poles are in favour of accepting Ukrainian refugees, a fall of seven percentage points in four months. Two years ago, the figure was 81%.

  • Lawnman23@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Hey Poland, how about you be anti-Russian instead?

    You know, the country that killed over 6 million of your citizens during the last world war after they annexed your country…

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      2 days ago

      It’s the 4th generation memory wipe effect. Once the current grandparents have no direct experience of the thing, forget about the thing.

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        That would be true for Nazi Germany invading Poland, but Poland was a Soviet puppet until 1989, so well within current memory.