(Washington Post) James McAuley - On July 10, 1941, villagers in Jedwabne, Poland, turned against their neighbors. The Jews who survived the axes were burned alive in a barn on the outskirts of town. The Germans had just recaptured the area, but it was not the Germans who bolted the doors, poured the gasoline and lit the fire. What happened at Jedwabne, where more than 300 Jews perished, profoundly challenges a national narrative that portrays Poland as a victim.
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