Final lessons from a Polish Jew who fought in the underground Home Army against the Germans, and survived the war.

"There is no such thing as a 'heroic nation' — or indeed an inherently malign or evil nation either." There are, however, societies where myths that tend to encourage atrocities become widespread, and right-wing extremists are working hard around the world to make this happen. In the US the non-extreme but amoral power-seekers have been using such myths for decades to carry out atrocities.