Dear Sirs,
I am writing this letter as a Vice-President of the newly founded organization
"Otwarta Rzeczpospolita) ("Open Republic") The Society Against Anti-Semitism
and Xenophobia, which had been established in order to oppose and eradicate
any form of racism, intolerance and anti-semitism in our country.
On behalf of our Society I have to protest strongly against the statement
presented by Ms. Lesley Stahl in her book "Reporting Live", namely: "The
Poles (with help of their friendly neighborhood Germans) had killed off
their tradesmen, the Jews, in the 1940's". This statement, being a historical
lie and going well beyond even the existing stereotypes, serves only the
proliferation of xenophobia. We were also very surprised that such respectable
publishing house as Yours has decided to print the words stirring up the
hatred between people.
Sincerely yours,
Warszawa, 18.11.1999
P.S. Wydawnictwo Simon & Schuster usunęło powyższe zdanie z następnego
wydania tej książki.
Maciej Geller