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Jim Wald

Continuing our 🧵 on dissent in the Polish Army-in-Exile. Not only Jews protested. A group group of Ukrainian & Byelorussian soldiers complaining of religious & ethnic discrimination was likewise arrested. The Daily Worker took great interest in these problems. 31 March
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Jim Wald

Left Independent MP Tom Driberg raised a firestorm in The House of Commons when he went public with the story on 5 April and on 6 April demanded an explanation from Foreign Secretary Eden regarding antisemitism in the Polish army and the pending court martial of the soldiers

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all text beginning of Driberg's remarks in the House on 6 April
all text Driberg cites some of the examples
all text Driberg affirms that, far from shirking their duty, the arrested soldiers were seeking to fight under British command
the Daily Worker of 6 April reports briefly on the parliamentary debate
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