The Sikorski Affair

Abstract

The controversy aroused by Hochhuth's new play, “Soldiers”, centres around the allegation that Sikorski's death in an air crash was engineered in order to remove a threat to the war-time alliance between Britain and Russia. The defenders of Hochhuth claim that, even if the allegation could be substantiated, it would only prove Churchill's “greatness” in feeling compelled to remove an obstacle to the successful prosecution of the war against Hitler's Germany, disregarding the sacrificing of an individual, however tragic his fate may be.

Mr. Ainsztein. analysing the role of Sikorski, the Prime Minister of the Polish Government-in-Exile, proves conclusively the fallacy of the whole thesis on the ground of Sikorski's pre-war and war-time record, and throws some interesting light on the anti-Sikorski elements within the Polish ruling circles at the time.