es ▁of ▁w art ime ▁suic ide ▁– ▁" re pe ated ▁a ▁myth ▁fost ered ▁by ▁Naz i ▁propag and ists , ▁when ▁it ▁said ▁that ▁Polish ▁l anc ers ▁turned ▁their ▁horses ▁to ▁face ▁Hitler ' s ▁p anz ers . ▁There ▁is ▁no ▁evidence ▁that ▁this ▁occurred ." ▁ ▁The ▁Guardian ▁has ▁been ▁noted ▁for ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁other ▁controvers ies . ▁On ▁ 1 4 ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁Naz i - h unter ▁E fra im ▁Z uro ff ▁alleg ed ▁that : ▁" the ▁second ▁world ▁war ▁narr ative ▁[...] ▁has ▁been ▁dist orted ▁since ▁independence ▁and ▁the ▁transition ▁to ▁dem ocracy ▁to ▁make ▁it ▁more ▁pal atable ▁to ▁their ▁elect or ate ▁and ▁to ▁minim ize ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁local ▁collabor ators ▁in ▁Hol oca ust ▁cr imes ." ▁On ▁ 2 0 ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁The ▁Guard ians ▁Jonathan ▁Fre ed land ▁said : ▁" We ▁are ▁meant ▁to ▁be ▁friendly ▁towards ▁the ▁new est ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁European ▁Union . ▁But ▁the ▁truth ▁is ▁that ▁several ▁of ▁these ▁" emer ging ▁dem oc ra cies " ▁have ▁revert ed ▁to ▁a ▁brand ▁of ▁ult ra - n ational istic ▁politics ▁that ▁would ▁rep el ▁most ▁vot ers ▁in ▁western ▁Europe . ▁It ▁exists ▁in ▁Poland ". ▁In ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁above ▁attacks ▁Tim othy ▁G art on ▁Ash ▁wrote ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁paper ▁on ▁ 2 3 ▁December : ▁" In ▁my ▁experience , ▁the ▁automatic ▁equation