BERLIN – As thousands of refugees pour into Europe to escape the horrors of war, with many dying along the way, a different sort of tragedy has played out in many of the European Union’s newest member states. The states known collectively as “Eastern Europe,” including my native Poland, have revealed themselves to be intolerant, illiberal, xenophobic, and incapable of remembering the spirit of solidarity that carried them to freedom a quarter-century ago.
柏林—成千上万难民正在涌入欧洲逃避战争恐怖，许多人在逃难途中丧命，许多新晋欧盟成员国正在上演别样的悲剧。这些国家被一起称为“东欧”，包括我的祖国波兰，它们表现出偏隘、吝啬、排外，忘却了四分之一世纪前给它们带来自由的团结精神。