Opole 2022: Email threats against Rafał Bartek

Country                                                Poland 

Year                                                       2022

Affected group/minority              German minority

Perpetrator                                        Polish citizen

Type of case                                       Hate speech

Type of act                                          Written

Media:                                                  Online platforms and/or communication channels

Reactions:                                           no information

Brief description:                            

On 4.06.2022, an e-mail was received to the e-mail address of the office, in which an anonymous person insulted people in a very vulgar way because of their nationality and reference to the German people. The email was as follows:

"Rafał Bartek the damn son of a bitch and asshole pisses you off after the GDR Gabiet or Western idiots. You and your Germans have no place in our country. Deutsche Minderhrit in POLAND? What kind of shit is that?? Piss off about your concentration camps in Auschwitz or Treblinka! Your place is Gasoffen or Zyklon-B chamber! You damned German dogs, pigs, assholes, shitheads, thieves and war criminals - you owe us POLAND citizens a war compensation for German War No. 2 (1939-1945) over 40-digit euro amount and murder of 6 million Polish citizens!

You Rafał Bartek - you're already dead!" “

The case was transferred to the Public Prosecutor's Office, but due to the need for international legal assistance from the Republic of France, it was suspended due to a long-term obstacle preventing prosecution. We have asked the Civil Rights Commissioner to oversee the proceedings, but to date we have received no response.

More information on the case can be obtained from:

Social-Cultural Society of Germans in Opole, Silesia

sekretariat@skgd.pl

Photo:

https://x.com/rafal_bartek/status/1182631636011290626/photo/1

Screenshot provided by SKGD