Jedwabne pogrom

Polish prosecutors will not reopen case into 1941 Jedwabne pogrom

The prosecutor’s office said that exhuming the bodies would not provide any new evidence that could lead to the reopening of the case, in which village residents burned alive at least 300 of their Jewish neighbors in a wooden barn.

Dozens, including local bishop, attend ceremony commemorating Jedwabne pogrom

On July 10, 1941, several dozen inhabitants of Jedwabne murdered several hundred Jews living in the town and its surroundings. More than 300 people were burnt alive in the barn, where today there is a monument commemorating the events.

75 years after Jedwabne pogrom, Poland wrestles with evidence of complicity

Anti-Russian sentiment is fueling a nationalist revival, and some historians, politicians and activists are engaged in a campaign to discredit the accounts of Poles who massacred Jews.

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