On This Day: Poles kill 340 Jews in Jedwabne pogrom 81 years ago
The massacre is a controversial topic in Poland; as the main perpetrators of the massacre were Poles, it goes against the commonly accepted Polish narrative of the Holocaust.
Memorial in Jedwabne, dedicated to murdered Jews: "In remembrance of the Jews from Jedwabne and surrounding areas, men, women, children, co-habitants of this earth, murdered, burned alive here on July 10th, 1941"(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)ByAARON REICHUpdated: