Jedwabne Memorial Faces Far-Right Protest on Pogrom Anniversary

Polish and Jewish leaders marked the 85th anniversary of the Jedwabne pogrom Friday at the memorial to Jews murdered by their neighbors under Nazi German occupation. Far-right demonstrators gathered nearby, about 1,000 people according to on-site reporting, rejecting official findings that local Poles carried out the killings. Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich led remembrance for the murdered Jews and called for unity, while Poland's prime minister said the anniversary should be a lesson in national conscience. Sources note that exhumations were halted in 2001 at the Jewish community's request for religious reasons, a point protesters continue to challenge.