The Jad Ościm Institute called on Polish authorities to remove the controversial installation in Jedwabne, which was opened on Thursday by national communities. The Israeli institution stressed that attempts to deny or overturn the events of July 10, 1941 are gross falsifications of history. The fresh memorial site consists of 8 boulders with plaques indicating the crimes by the Germans.
The Jerusalem Holocaust survey institution recalled that 84 years ago, on July 10, 1941, during the German aggression and business of east Poland, residents of Jedwabny and the surrounding area took part in the brutal execution of hundreds of their judaic neighbors. "This terrible crime has been documented in item over decades of reliable historical investigation and thanks to many testimonies of surviving eyewitnesses" - emphasised the Institute of Jad Wasz.
The Israeli institution pointed out that attempts to deny or overturn these events are not only a gross forgery of past and an effort to absolve the perpetrators, but besides a deep insult to the victims. They besides endanger "dangerous blurring of Polish historical and moral responsibility".
A controversial monument opened on Thursday
On a private game adjacent to the authoritative memorial commemorating the victims of the execution of Jews in Jedwabne, the national environment opened its memorial site under the name of the Memorial of fact about the crime in Jedwabne on Thursday. The installation consists of 8 large boulders with metallic plates and inscriptions indicating the crimes by the Germans.
"Your venom calls on the competent Polish authorities to remove this offensive installation and to guarantee that the historical importance of this place is preserved and respected" - noted the Institute's statement, published on social media.
Findings of IPN investigation of crime
According to the findings of the investigation conducted by the Institute of National Memory on 10 July 1941 in Jedwabne, a group of Poles murdered at least 340 judaic neighbors. Most women, men and children were burned alive in the barn.
In the opinion of the IPN, the crime was done with German inspiration. Many of the witnesses interviewed pointed to the uniformed Germans who arrived that day.
"Only by accepting and commemorating the darkest chapters of past can we hope that specified atrocities will never happen again" - wrote the message of the Institute of Jad Yours.
(PAP/Jerusalem) Note: This article was edited with Artificial Intelligence.
