forms of anti-Semitism could be a positive signal that the new Polish government will stand strongly against manifestations of hatred toward Jews." In July 2016, Antoni Macierewicz said that the "real enemy", Russia, shares responsibility for the massacres of Poles and Jews in German-occupied Volhynia and Eastern Galicia by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA). Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that "the Polish government is moving from Russophobia to inciting national hatred," and asked Macierewicz if "there are any historical events and natural disasters for which Russia is not the one to blame." Macierewicz's claim was also criticized by the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia. In the comical webseries The Chairman's Ear (2017), implicit references are made to an alleged homosexual relationship between "Minister of War" Antoni and a younger man. This pun refers to Macierewicz's close ties with the much younger politician Bartłomiej Misiewicz (born in 1990). Footnotes External links Parliamentary profile |- |- |- |- |- |- 1948 births Living people Polish Scouts and Guides University of Warsaw alumni Historians of Latin America 20th-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers Academic staff of Jagiellonian University Academic staff of the University of Warsaw Interior ministers of Poland Ministers of National Defence of Poland Politicians from Warsaw Christian National Union politicians Law and Justice politicians Members of the Workers' Defence Committee Movement for Reconstruction of Poland politicians Nonviolence advocates Polish anti-communists Polish democracy activists Polish dissidents Polish trade unionists Polish Roman Catholics Roman Catholic activists 20th-century Roman Catholics 21st-century Roman Catholics Politicians of Catholic political parties Solidarity (Polish trade union) activists MEPs for Poland 2004 Polish opinion journalists Members of the Polish Sejm 2007–2011 Members of the Polish Sejm 2011–2015 Members of the Polish Sejm 2015–2019 Members of the Polish Sejm 2019–2023