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Marcy Kaptur: “You know, Congressman Donnelly, when we think back to Poland's history during World War II, no nation lost a higher…”

On the recordApril 14, 2010
You know, Congressman Donnelly, when we think back to Poland's history during World War II, no nation lost a higher percentage of its people. Twenty percent of the population of Poland was eliminated. And the strength that it took to survive that and to endure, history should well note the dismembering of their nation and their ability to prevail and ultimately then, in the fifties and sixties and seventies and eighties, they come from a heritage of great suffering and great triumph.
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Marcy Kaptur
Democratic · Ohio
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Apr 14, 2010

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Kaptur reflects on Poland's historical suffering and resilience during World War II.

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