To: Arthur Radley who wrote (214029 ) 1/2/2002 1:56:41 PM From: Neocon Read Replies (1) | Respond to The book is highly controversial, as I recalled. Here is something from a Jewish magazine:The fact that Poles played a role in the massacre is no longer in doubt, but apportioning responsibility among Germans and Poles remains a highly contentious issue--one that will be settled, at least officially, by the Institute of National Remembrance (INR), a government commission established in 1998 to investigate Nazi and Communist crimes against the Polish nation. In June, the INR conducted a partial exhumation in Jedwabne at the site of the burned barn, uncovering the charred remains of 150-250 victims and a broken bust of Lenin, confirming testimony that several Jewish men and the rabbi of Jedwabne had been forced to parade a statue of Lenin through the town. A more extensive exhumation was ruled out because of protestations from the rabbi of Warsaw and Lodz, Michael Schudrich, who argued that removing the remains would be a violation of Jewish religious law. On the basis of the exhumation and testimony from forty-two witnesses, the INR issued its preliminary finding: "...it can be assumed that Polish inhabitants of Jedwabne had actively participated in the crime. These were mainly young men, about forty in number, acting jointly with eight German gendarmes present at the site." uahc.org
