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The article obscures that fact that this guy is basically known for committing war crimes.
A Pacification of Five Villages. On the Dark Chapters of Biography of Capt. Romuald Rajs aka Bury This review article presents Michał Ostapiuk’s book Komendant „Bury”. Biografi a kpt. Romualda Adama Rajsa „Burego” (1913–1949) (Olsztyn and Warsaw, 2019), and focuses primarily on the post-war part of Rajs’s life and his military activities in the Białystok region. The best-known episode of this period is a pacification made by the unit commanded by Bury (Third National Military Union Brigade) of five Belarusian villages in the Bielsk Podlaski district in late January and early February of 1946. As a result, seventy-nine peasants were killed, including women and children. The Author of the biography tries to justify the guerrillas, indicating the political character of these actions (their struggle against communism) and the threat posed to the National Military Union by the Belarusian ‘communized’ people. The polemics of the review article concerns the description of operations of the Third National Military Union Brigade in the five villages of Zaleszany, Wólka Wygonowska, Szpaki, Zanie, and Końcowizna in early 1946 and their interpretations, including the rejection by the Author of the criterion of nationality as one of the causative factors. The most crucial point under criticism is the Author’s failure to recognize the concept of crime against civilians as the term referring to the activities of armed formations against civilians.[3]
IPN itself stated that Rajs activities "nosiły znamiona ludobójstwa".[4] Furthermore, the article does not address current attempts to "rehabilitate" Rajs and similar anti-communist guerrillas, presenting them as national (Polish) heroes.[5][6][7][8] (t · c) buidhe 08:43, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Is there any source which says he was convicted of "war crimes"? The charges he was convicted of were things like "belonging to illegal organizations" and "fighting to overthrow communism" and "encouraging others to seize property". And even those were vacated later on. This isn't to say that he didn't commit any crimes or anything but it's simply not true to say he was "convicted of war crimes". (Also, war was over by this point, so I think technically these killings would be just regular murder not "war crimes") Volunteer Marek 02:32, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
“ | Przy podjęciu śledztwa zostało ono wstępnie zakwalifikowane do kategorii zbrodni przeciwko ludzkości, których wyjaśnienie należy do prokuratora IPN-u i które nie ulegają przedawnieniu. ... Reasumując zabójstwa, i usiłowania zabójstwa tych osób należy rozpatrywać jako zmierzające do wyniszczenia części tej grupy narodowej i religijnej, a zatem należące do zbrodni ludobójstwa, wchodzących do kategorii zbrodni przeciwko ludzkości. | ” |
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Reading this article, I want to cry. It is whitewashed to the extreme and uses unreliable sources. "Bury" was a war criminal, ironically also a communist collaborator, and is a modern day symbol for ONR, which is like the Polish KKK. Kornelia Kończal writes this on "Bury" [12]:
The history and memory of crimes perpetrated by Polish partisans in Podlachia remained little known to the wider public until the National-Radical Camp (Obóz Narodowo-Radykalny [ONR]), the main nationalist organization in Poland, discovered Rajs and positioned him as its new hero. Since 2015, posters and banners featuring his face have belonged to the standard equipment of nationalists participating in the Independence March, a large-scale manifestation organized in Warsaw on Poland’s Independence Day each 11th November.87 In the Polish–Belarusian border region, the glorification of Rajs became the most powerful symbol with which to express anti-Belarusian feelings.88 For instance, in late 2015, the ONR redrew the boundaries of national belonging by putting the name of Rajs on several public and private buildings in Hajnówka and some other places inhabited by Belarusians.89 This act of symbolic violence only forecast a new local tradition. Since 2016, a coalition between the ONR and other extreme right-wing organizations has celebrated the National Day of Remembrance of the Cursed Soldiers in Hajnówka by organizing a public manifestation in the town. A counter-demonstration by the local inhabitants, supported by a number of activists from across the country, has tried to tackle the nationalist provocation.90 In this way, the small Polish-Belarusian town has become the major focal point of a clash between two opposing emotions triggered by “cursed soldiers” in Poland: the pride in, and shame for, their deeds.
--Bob not snob (talk) 07:06, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
::Since becoming the poster boy of ONR, there are recent scholarly sources:
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@Volunteer Marek:, please explain the issue with Kozik, L. A. (2020). "The partisan unit under the command of captain R. Rajs (Bury) activity on the territory of Białystok region in 1944–1946 in the politics of memory of the Republic of Poland". Journal of the Belarusian State University. History. 2020;4:34–47 (4): 34–47. that you removed here. I don't see any contradiction with other recent sources, The Journal of the Belarusian State University is a peer reviewed publication associated with the largest University in Belarus. L.A. Kozik (Любовь Антоновна Козик) is an expert on 20th and 21st century Polish history.--Bob not snob (talk) 07:18, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
::I looked at [13], the BSU bulletin has been published since 1969 ([14]). History and other subjects used to be grouped in "series 3", but in 2017 they split the 4 series into sub-journals, to it is now Journal of the Belarusian State University. History. It is double-blind peer-reviewed. BSU is the largest academic institution in Belarus, so it has some reputation. Dr. Kozik is a professor of history since 2005, specializing in "political and cultural history of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia in the XX - XXI centuries, the problems of historical politics, national myths, the use of innovative methods in the educational process" Her 2003 PhD was on "Political Struggle in Poland (June 1945-February 1947)" . It meets the criteria of "specifically peer-reviewed scholarly journals". Am I missing anything?--Bob not snob (talk) 06:27, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
::::There is no contradiction by other sources, other than hand-waving no contradiction has been shown. What is contradicted? If we are dismissing scholarly peer-reviews journals on the basis that they are from Belarus, then do we need to start barring Polish academic journals on the basis that recent Polish historical policy distortion has been criticized, more significantly than Belarus? I disagree, both countries have good scholars in academia.--Bob not snob (talk) 11:05, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
::::::Glaukopis was discussed at RSN, it is scientific in the same way Mankind Quarterly is. Glaukopis isn't backed up by a reputable university, it publishes itself by its own very small organization. The Journal of the Belarusian State University is similar to Politeja or Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis published by Jagiellonian University or many other scientific journals published by reputable Polish universities. You are setting a very high bar here if you are rejecting peer reviewed university journals.--Bob not snob (talk) 05:41, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
We use this category for this article. The term is used in lead, sourced to [18], but that article does not use this term (zbrodnia wojenna). Pl wiki uses this source as well as [19], but again, I don't see this term used there. IPN article uses the term 'zbrodni przeciwko ludzkości' which would make Category:Crimes against humanity relevant, but that's not the same as war crime. I am also having trouble finding sources that say he was convincted (just indicted). The IPN page cited here and on pl wiki states "Z tych też względów należało podjąć decyzję o umorzeniu śledztwa w sprawach określonych w sentencji przestępstw jako zbrodni przeciwko ludzkości" ("For these reasons, a decision had to be made to discontinue the investigation into the cases defined in the operative part of the crimes as crimes against humanity"). How to properly describe his status? Thoughts? @Dreamcatcher25. PS. IMHO, common sens suggests this individual should be categorized as a war criminal, but we need reliable sources for such claims. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 02:37, 3 February 2024 (UTC)