BTW, this article was meant for all the Eastern euorpean countries that want to enter the Nato group...it really has a sinister subplot that has nothing to do with Hitler or the Poles!
It also has a lot to do with the fact that Poland is a staunchly Christian country, and still believes in some semblance of morality. And that makes them a target for certain groups that promote shall we say, certain alternative lifestyles.
Perhaps, I don't know the NATO politics. And I think NATO has outlived it's usefulness anyway. The underlying Der Spiegel article is here, the essential pitch being OK, we came up with the idea, but plenty of individuals both actively participated or looked the other way. Which is true, even in Poland, but to blame nations, and the lead paragraph in the article states But the collusion of other European countries in the Holocaust has received surprisingly little attention until recently. is another thing. Perhaps if Hitler hadn't planned on enslaving Poles, a collaborationist government would have been formed, but it wasn't, so the charge falls short. IMO it's just a case of sure, we did it, but others did too. BTW, I don't think of them as a nation, but along with Poland, Denmark and Finland, I should have included the Vatican as not collaborationist regiems. And shame on the Brits for barring immigration to the Jewish homeland, their obligation under their League of Nations Mandate. Not a proud time for Europe, but it's not right to deflect blame.