ks io , ▁B ole k ▁and ▁L ole k , ▁Kr tek ▁( Pol ish : ▁K reci k ) ▁and ▁The ▁Mo om ins . ▁ ▁Count less ▁shows ▁were ▁made ▁rel ating ▁to ▁Second ▁World ▁War ▁history ▁such ▁as ▁Four ▁T ank - Men ▁and ▁a ▁Dog ▁( 1 9 6 6 – 1 9 7 0 ) ▁and ▁St akes ▁Lar ger ▁Th an ▁Life ▁with ▁Kap itan ▁K loss ▁( 1 9 6 7 – 1 9 6 8 ), ▁but ▁were ▁purely ▁fict ional ▁and ▁not ▁based ▁on ▁real ▁events . ▁The ▁horror s ▁of ▁war , ▁Soviet ▁invasion ▁and ▁the ▁Hol oca ust ▁were ▁tab oo ▁topics , ▁avoided ▁and ▁down play ed ▁when ▁possible . ▁In ▁most ▁cases , ▁produ cers ▁and ▁direct ors ▁were ▁encourag ed ▁to ▁port ray ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Red ▁Army ▁as ▁a ▁friendly ▁and ▁vict orious ▁force ▁which ▁entirely ▁liber ated ▁Poland ▁from ▁Naz ism , ▁Imperial ism ▁or ▁Capital ism . ▁The ▁goal ▁was ▁to ▁strength en ▁the ▁artificial ▁Polish - S ov iet ▁friendship ▁and ▁eliminate ▁any ▁knowledge ▁of ▁the ▁cr imes ▁or ▁acts ▁of ▁terror ▁committed ▁by ▁the ▁S ovi ets ▁during ▁World ▁War ▁II , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Kat yn ▁mass acre . ▁Hence , ▁the ▁Polish ▁audience ▁were ▁more ▁len ient ▁towards ▁a ▁TV ▁series ▁exclus ively ▁featuring ▁Polish ▁history ▁from ▁the ▁times ▁of ▁the ▁Kingdom ▁of ▁Poland ▁or ▁the ▁Polish – L ith uan ian ▁Commonwealth . ▁▁ ▁Being ▁produced ▁in ▁a ▁then - social