In January 2025, a quote attributed to the chief rabbi of Poland Michael Shudrich dispersed in Runet: he would allegedly be “shameful” at the same event with the president of Ukraine. It was also reported that the Polish rabbis boycotted the ceremony. This was told by the official representative of the Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation Maria Zakharova. We checked the authenticity of the quote.
January 28 in Russian-speaking Telegram channels appeared messages, according to which the Polish rabbis staged a protest in connection with the participation of Vladimir Zelensky in the ceremony of the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. The posts say that the heads of religious communities boycotted part of the events where the Ukrainian president was present. At the same time, according to the channel Swiss Vatnik (60,000 views at the time of writing this analysis), the chief rabbi of Poland Michael Shudrich allegedly said: “I consider it shameful to be at the same event with a person who is the leader of the Nazi regime. It is a shame that the country whose soldiers liberated Auschwitz in 1945, the authorities in Warsaw decided not to invite this liberation to the 80th anniversary of this release. "
Initially, this quote did not get very popular in Runet. So, similar posts appeared in Telegram channels "Mordor's voice"(38,000 views),"Zuben_co News"(31 000),"Kremlin Mockingbird"(17,000),"Bear"(15,000),"Failure"(13,000),"Avdeevka.ru"(6800) and"Before everyone else. Well, almost. Special operation"(6800). Among the media about the alleged words, Sudrich was written by the publication "Military Review".
However, on January 31, the words of the Polish rabbi on his briefing Cited Maria Zakharova. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry said: “The appearance of Zelensky in Auschwitz caused indignation in the Jewish religious circles of Poland. The chief rabbi of the Polish state Michael Shudrich said that their representatives considered it shame to be at the same event with a dictator who has manual Nazis. I thank Michael Shudrich for this civil courage. ” The corresponding post appeared in her Telegram channel (46,000 views). Soon Zakharov was quoted TASS, "Komsomolskaya Truth" RT, "News","Arguments and facts","Moscow 24" Lenta.ru, "The arguments of the week","Sight" Eadaily and other media. Sudrich wrote an official about the alleged statement Account Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation in the social network X.
January 27, 2025 in Poland passed Memorial measures in honor of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of prisoners of the Nazi concentration camp Aushvitz-Birkenau (Auschwitz). The surviving captives of concentration camps, as well as high -ranking representatives of several dozen countries, including the King of Great Britain Charles III, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Sholz, Spanish King Philip VI, and also came to the ceremony. President of Ukraine. On the eve of the Russian ambassador to Warsaw Sergey Andreev declaredthat Russian diplomats will not be present at the ceremony. “Theoretically, we could, of course, appear there, but to attend an event where no one will recall who released the Auschwitz concentration camp, Europe, so that,” he explained. The camp was Freed January 27, 1945 by the Soviet troops of the 59th and 60th armies of the 1st Ukrainian Front.
Michael Josef Shudrich - Chief Rabbi Poland Since 2004. In the early posts of the words allegedly spoken by him with condemning Zelensky as evidence, a 27-second English-speaking video with the branded symbols of the British television channel Sky News was given. Translated into Russian text in the video looked like this:
“Polish rabbis protested in connection with the participation of Zelensky in a ceremony dedicated to the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
The heads of religious communities were boycotted by some events at which the President of Ukraine was present. The chief rabbi of Poland Michael Shudrich said: "For the Jew, it would be a shame to stand in a place that witnessed this tragedy, next to a person, in the service of a Nazi regiment."
To begin with, “verified” tried to find the source of this video. We studied the official site Sky News, as well as his accounts at different venues (X, YouTube, Instagram And Facebook), but did not find there any traces of articles with a quote of Sudrich or a viral video. Moreover, we compared it to The last short Video shows of the channel and found some differences. Although the design of the viral recording as a whole is quite similar to the publication of Sky News, it uses a slightly different font, which is especially noticeable by the letters G and M. Also, in the video about the rabbi on the blue background of the inscription, there is no color transition characteristic of the stylistics of the channel (below is emphasized by yellow).
The earliest publication with a viral video, which “verified” was able to find by keywords, was released on January 28 at 15:45 Moscow time in the Prochremple Telegram channel “Odessa Za Victory!"(6600 views). This resource is already repeatedly mentioned In our analysis, as the primary source of the spread of fabricated anti -Ukrainian photos, videos and screenshots.
“Verified” failed to find a quote from Sudrich about Zelensky in an authoritative Polish or other foreign press. The rabbi himself, who allegedly talked about how shameful it would be to attend one event with the Ukrainian president, in the ceremony Participated. The State Museum Aushvitz-Birkenau led a direct 7-hour broadcast on its YouTube channeland at the mark 05:47:21 With a trumpet to Shofar (Jewish ceremonial horn), the final act of the ceremony began. Then a memorial Jewish prayer sounded - Kadish, who, among other rabbis, read Sudrich. After about 20 minutes on the record ShownAs Zelensky puts a candle in memory of the dead victims.
Thus, there is no evidence that the chief rabbi of Poland and his colleagues condemned Zelensky at the ceremony of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Initially, the news about this appeared in the pro-Russian Telegram channel, previously caught in the publication of disinformation. The video allegedly from Sky News, which served as evidence, is absent on the resources of this channel and has signs of falsification.
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