Efforts in the Polish region of Silesia to honor Ernest Wilimowski, a local star who played for the national teams of both Poland and Nazi Germany, are raising tricky questions about national loyalty and betrayal.
Efforts in the Polish region of Silesia to honor Ernest Wilimowski, a local star who played for the national teams of both Poland and Nazi Germany, are raising tricky questions about national loyalty and betrayal.
People walking by a mural of Ernest Wilimowski in May in Chorzow, Poland.Credit...Maciek Nabrdalik for The New York Times
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By Andrew Higgins
Reporting from Chorzow and Katowice, Poland
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