In a recent article entitled entitled "When Warsaw cried" by Noah Klieger, two events in Polish history were interpreted incorrectly and exaggerated.
The article states: "Among other things, Peres noted that in the wake of World War II, in the summer of 1946, hundreds of Poles including military and police personnel engaged in slaughter in the Jewish center in Kielce, where more than 100 Jews were brutally murdered. Peres also made note of the 1968 expulsion of about 70,000 Jews."
Until today, the initial instigators and perpetrators of the so called 'Kielce Pogrom" are being investigated by the Polish Institute of National Remembrance. There are 'two' version of the events in Kielce. One states that the pogrom was the brainchild of the Soviet (Russian) authorities during communist run Poland, as a way to discredit Poland. The Soviet's instigated and carefully orchestrated the events to unravel in a way that made it appear as though it were the work of the Poles. The second version, the one embraced by most Jewish historians and Jews alike, is that Polish Catholics attacked and killed Jews in a wild rampage, due to a blood libel rumor. Before any article mentions "Kielce", the author had better mention the 'two versions' of this ugly episode, and not only one until the true version is determined.
In reference to the 1968 expulsion of Jews from Poland, how is the number "70,000" being determined? You can read any history book on thie event and clearly see that it was 20,000 to 35,000 Polish Jews that were expelled from the country by the Soviet dominated Communist government at that time, and not 70,000.
Such articles are spewed out on a daily basis by the media, and people read and then subsequently believe what they read. Such articles must be examined and corrected, for the sake of historical truth.
The article states: "Among other things, Peres noted that in the wake of World War II, in the summer of 1946, hundreds of Poles including military and police personnel engaged in slaughter in the Jewish center in Kielce, where more than 100 Jews were brutally murdered. Peres also made note of the 1968 expulsion of about 70,000 Jews."
Until today, the initial instigators and perpetrators of the so called 'Kielce Pogrom" are being investigated by the Polish Institute of National Remembrance. There are 'two' version of the events in Kielce. One states that the pogrom was the brainchild of the Soviet (Russian) authorities during communist run Poland, as a way to discredit Poland. The Soviet's instigated and carefully orchestrated the events to unravel in a way that made it appear as though it were the work of the Poles. The second version, the one embraced by most Jewish historians and Jews alike, is that Polish Catholics attacked and killed Jews in a wild rampage, due to a blood libel rumor. Before any article mentions "Kielce", the author had better mention the 'two versions' of this ugly episode, and not only one until the true version is determined.
In reference to the 1968 expulsion of Jews from Poland, how is the number "70,000" being determined? You can read any history book on thie event and clearly see that it was 20,000 to 35,000 Polish Jews that were expelled from the country by the Soviet dominated Communist government at that time, and not 70,000.
Such articles are spewed out on a daily basis by the media, and people read and then subsequently believe what they read. Such articles must be examined and corrected, for the sake of historical truth.