This photo has created quite a stir in Poland - the stamp clearly indicates that the book presented by the French President to Pope Francis used to be the property of the (then) Polish university library in Lviv…Embarrassing to say the least…👇

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Author: Robert Pszczel @RobertPszczel Posted: 2022-10-24T15:53:45.000Z URL: https://x\.com/RobertPszczel/status/1584573871138619393 Likes: 1,093 | Retweets: 283

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This photo has created quite a stir in Poland - the stamp clearly indicates that the book presented by the French President to Pope Francis used to be the property of the (then) Polish university library in Lviv…Embarrassing to say the least…👇

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1. Thread Post Author: @RobertPszczel Posted: 2022-10-24T15:53:45.000Z URL: https://x\.com/RobertPszczel/status/1584573871138619393

This photo has created quite a stir in Poland - the stamp clearly indicates that the book presented by the French President to Pope Francis used to be the property of the (then) Polish university library in Lviv…Embarrassing to say the least…👇

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1. @SlawomirDebski Author: Sławomir Dębski Posted: 2022-10-24T16:05:42.000Z URL: https://x\.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1584576878228082688

The case requires verification. The book could have been exchanged before WW2 (as a duplicate), for another book from the collection of some other library. However, the Germans were massively plundering Polish libraries/archives, so this is still the most likely source of origin.

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1. @PiotrStec2 Author: Piotr Stec Posted: 2022-10-24T17:15:38.000Z URL: https://x\.com/PiotrStec2/status/1584594477800632321

A French translation of a book written by German philosopher from Kaliningrad, RU (formerly Konigsberg GER), with a stamp of a (then) Polish library in Lviv (UKR) given to the Pope in the time of RU invasion on UKR. @francediploEN will you solve this enigma?

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1. @jarek\jakimczyk Author: Jarek Jakimczyk Posted: 2022-10-24T17:23:10.000Z URL: https://x\.com/jarek\jakimczyk/status/1584596372413591552

Let us hope that this stamp of the former Polish academic reading room in Lviv (then Lwów) will help Pope Francis understand that Ukraine is part of Europe with its culture and civilization, and does not belong to Russia with its Eurasian roots.

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