Often forced to survive for months. or even years in forests and mountains. members of the resistance and the Polish populace at large reacted consistent-. ly with spirit and conviction. Refusing to betray their national honor and collaborate with the enemy. 6 million Poles preferred selfrespect and death to capitulation and cringing life. Millions more suffered deportation and imprisonment in labor camps in Siberia and Asiatic Russia. or in Polish and German concentration camps. as Germans and Russians alike systematically attempted to destroy Polish cultural and religious life. Even in 1945. there was no peace for Poland. Absorbed by Soviet imperialism. the Poles have continued to fight for personal liberty and national integrity. Those who have immigrated to the United States have brought with them their love of liberty. and their respect for law and order. They have contributed much. socially. economically. politically. and culturally. to the advancement of our Nation. and have helped make the United States one of the greatest countries in the world. I take this opportunity.
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