Polish Nationalists Protest Jewish Pogrom Commemoration
Polish and Jewish leaders commemorated at least 340 victims as far-right activists challenged findings that ethnic Poles carried out the killings.
- On Friday, July 10, 2026, Polish and Jewish leaders commemorated the 85th anniversary of the Jedwabne pogrom, where at least 340 Jews were murdered by their Polish neighbors in 1941.
- Official investigations by the Institute of National Remembrance established that local residents, not just German occupiers, perpetrated the massacre, yet nationalist groups continue to dispute these findings.
- Nationalist activists led by Grzegorz Braun staged a counter-protest with about 1,000 attendees, displaying banners calling official history 'Jewish lies' and demanding victim exhumations.
- Chief Rabbi of Poland Michael Schudrich urged unity, inviting participants to read victims' names aloud; Centrist Prime Minister Donald Tusk called the anniversary a 'lesson about national conscience.'
- Persistent divisions over Poland's wartime history surface during commemorations, as some citizens reject accountability while others emphasize honesty about the country's complex national identity.
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Poland marks 85th anniversary of Jedwabne massacre amid Holocaust distortion campaign
Jewish leaders, Polish officials and international representatives gathered Friday in Jedwabne, Poland, to commemorate the 85th anniversary of the wartime massacre of the town’s Jewish community, as far-right activists held nearby demonstrations challenging the established historical record of the atrocity.The ceremony, organized by Poland's chief rabbi and the Jewish community of Warsaw, included prayers for the victims and remembrance of the J…
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Polish nationalists protest Jewish pogrom commemoration
AFP journalists on site a noted heavy police presence at the site of the 1941 Jedwabne massacre -- a former barn in which local Polish farmers locked up around 300 Jews, including women and children, before setting it on fire. Right next to the ceremony, about 1,000 people attended demonstrations and a Catholic mass organised by far-right parties, who refuse to acknowledge the responsibility of Polish villagers for the killings. Several particip…
Poland marks 85th anniversary of WWII Jedwabne pogrom of Jews amid far-right protests
Keep our news free from ads and paywalls by making a donation to support our work! Notes from Poland is run by a small editorial team and is published by an independent, non-profit foundation that is funded through donations from our readers. We cannot do what we do without your support. Polish and Jewish leaders, as well as diplomats from various countries, have today taken part in commemorations of the 85th anniversary of the Jedwabne pogrom, …
Eighty-five years ago, on July 10, 1941, in Jedwabne (Podlaskie Voivodeship), at least 340 Jews were murdered. According to the findings of an IPN investigation, the murder was carried out by a group of local Poles at the instigation of the Germans. Most of the victims of the pogrom were burned alive after being locked in a barn. The history of the debate on the Jedwabne massacre, and the political commemoration of its anniversary, begins with J…
85th anniversary of Poles burning Jews alive commemorated
Eighty-five years ago, on July 10, 1941, more than 300 men, women, and children were burned alive in a barn in the Polish town of Jedwabne. As confirmed by Poland’s own Institute of National Remembrance, this horrific crime was carried out by the victims’ Polish neighbors, incited by the occupying Nazi German forces.
Poland's Jewish community, politicians and the public commemorated the 1941 massacre of hundreds of local Jews who were burned alive by their Polish neighbors in the northeastern town of Jedwabne today. The commemoration, attended by the speakers of both chambers of the Polish parliament, was protested...
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