election, when it was called the "Wehrmacht affair" (Polish: Afera wehrmachtowa), and the most heated issue of the campaign. Similar instances of Poles forced to serve in the German army have proven controversial, particularly after the war, but even in modern Poland saying that a family member served in the German Army is looked down upon. Józef's grandson, Donald Tusk, was a presidential candidate from the Civic Platform party, and the claim that his grandfather served in the Wehrmacht gained notoriety in the media after it was made by the politician from an opposing party, Jacek Kurski from Law and Justice (PiS). This was seen as an attempt to damage Tusk's reputation, by an association with Wehrmacht, the army of Nazi Germany, seen quite negatively in Poland. Donald Tusk stated that he had no knowledge of this part of his family's history; sources vary on the extent to which the revelation had any impact on the presidential campaign, which was eventually won by Tusk's opponent, Lech Kaczyński from PiS. Kurski was expelled from PiS for his role in the accusations, and Kaczyński issued an apology in the name of his political party to Tusk. See also Poles in the Wehrmacht References Further reading Barbara Szczepuła, Dziadek w Wehrmachcie [Grandpa in Wehrmacht], Gdańsk: słowo/obraz terytoria, 2007, . External links TVP i TVN: Dziadek Tuska był w Wermachcie, Wikinews, 15 October 2005 Dziadek Tuska, collection on journalist essays on the subject 1907 births 1987 deaths Polish luthiers Polish people of Kashubian descent Polish people of World War II Businesspeople from Gdańsk Neuengamme concentration camp survivors People from West Prussia German Army soldiers of World War II Deserters Recipient of the Meritorious Activist of Culture badge