Desecration in Jedwabne

Single Incident Alert DateSeptember 1, 2011 Country: Poland Address: Jedwabne General Type: Racist violence Racism and discrimination phenomena: Anti-semitism, Nationalism
Groups affected / Interested in: Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Linguistic minorities Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Daily life

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On 31 August, anti-Semitic graffiti, swastikas and SS symbols appeared on the monument commemorating the massacre of the Jews in the town of Jedwabne. In July 1941, about 340 Polish Jews were murdered or burned alive by Jedwabne’s Polish inhabitants with the participation of Nazi German Ordungpolizei.
 

 

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