The 71st anniversary of the Jewish pogrom in Jedwabne
Today marks the 71st anniversary of the slaughter of Jews in Jedwabne. The Jews who lived there were herded to the market square and about 300 of them were confined in a barn and burnt alive. As the investigation of the Institute of National Remembrance shows, the crimes were committed by local Polish civilians, who were instigated by the Nazis.
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In 2001, the former Polish President Aleksander Kwaśniewski officially apologized for the murder. Last year, Polish President Bronisław Komorowski asked for forgiveness in an official letter written specially for this occasion. Before the ceremonies began in Jedwabne in 2001, the old monument that blamed the Nazis for the crime had been dismantled and replaced by another one, which was erected in the place where the Jews were killed. A sandstone wall outlining the barn was erected. Previously, the area had been an archeological site.
This Tuesday, at noon, a Kaddish prayer will be recited at the monument to the victims of the event that took place in July 1941.
source: sztetl.org.pl
