And plenty of Ukes served as guards in the Death Camps, NOT ONE SINGLE POLE served as a guard. Why? Because the Germans understood if you gave a Pole and gun, the first thing the Pole would do is shoot the Nazi with it.
Solzhenitsyn said one thing in common between Nazi and Stalin’s camps is that you are guarded by the Ukrainians.
The Population is largely Ethnic Polish or groups associated with Polish Tradition and Culture.
Yad Vashem, the Israeli documentation of the Holocaust, acknowledges that perhaps 200,000 Poles risked their lives protecting Jews. More than 7000 Poles recognized by name.