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‘Death to Jews,’ Polish nationalists shout at rally while burning book about Jews in Poland



Polish nationalists shouted “death to Jews” as they burned a book representing a historic pact protecting the rights of Poland’s Jews.

The book burning Thursday at a rally in Kalisz, a city of about 100,000 inhabitants situated 120 miles southwest of Warsaw, was part of a series of nationalist events on Nov. 11, National Independence Day, which is the anniversary of when Poland regained its sovereignty in 1918.

Videos and eyewitness accounts on social media show that Wojciech Olszański, a far-right activist, lit a red-covered book that was meant to symbolize the Statute of Kalisz. The document issued in 1264 by Prince Bolesław the Pious regulated the legal status of Jews living in Poland and afforded some protection through penalizing attacks on them. The statute served as the legal foundation for relations between non-Jews and Jews in Poland for centuries later.

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Twitter translation: ‎To come to Kalisz to burn the "Statute of Kalisz" - a testimony to the centuries-old tradition of tolerance and openness - on the Main Market Square, among hateful shouts, is like spiting in the face of all Kalisz residents. Where were the city authorities?‎

Olszański poured a flammable liquid on the book that had been skewered on a sharp metal object, and lit the book on fire as the crowd cheered and shouted, “Death to Jews.” Some also chanted: “No to Polin, yes to Poland.” “Polin” is both the Hebrew-language name for Poland and the name of the main Jewish museum in Warsaw.

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[JohnSJ]

1. This only substantiates the documentary Shoah that at best Poland ignored the plight of the Jews

In Poland during WWII, and at worst, were complicit

[JudyM]

2. I'd say so. Just 1-2 generations after, the poison still lingers.