Poland
Banned books
I apologize to those of you who cannot read German -- the article below was published in Die Welt today.
The minister of education in Poland decided to ban books by Kafka, Dostoevsky, Witkiewicz and Goethe, among others, for moral reasons from the school system.
I’m afraid Poland is really longing to be the Saudi Arabia from Europe.
(To the left: A retired Polish criminal I met in Wroclaw last February.)
“Warschau - Der überarbeitete Lehrplan für Gymnasien sorgt in Polen für Aufregung. Die Liste der aus der Schullektüre verbannten Schriftsteller enthält große Namen der Weltliteratur: Goethe und Dostojewski sind ebenso darunter wie der gebürtige Pole Joseph Conrad. Zugleich will Erziehungsminister Roman Giertych von der nationalistisch-klerikalen Liga Polnischer Familien die Verfemten etwa durch Schriften eines nationalistischen Politikers der Vorkriegszeit ersetzen. Mehrere Buchhandlungen preisen nun speziell die aus der Schule verbannten Bücher.”
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=3219090
correctie
some Polish politics are longing to make the country the Saudi Arabia of Europe and they believe it's the rightest way to go...please note that there's a big difference between what the Poles think and do and that what the current goverment does.kind regards from Wroclaw.
Student from Wroclaw
We have to assume a certain responsibility for the government we have elected, or not elected, we cannot always point to the others, the state, the media, the bankers, the publishers and turning them into our victimizers.Of course I know that many people in Poland don’t agree with the government but as a citizen of your country you do have a certain responsibility for the current climate in Poland.
