*** From [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Konrad M Lepecki) USA TODAY, July 11, 2001 NEWS; Pg. 11A Polish president issues apology for '41 atrocity Smita P. Nordwall ; From wire reports Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski apologized Tuesday for the World War II massacre of Jewish villagers by their Polish neighbors. But he insisted Nazi occupiers were behind the bloodshed and the nation bore no collective guilt. For decades, Poland blamed the Nazis for rounding up the 1,600 Jewish residents of Jedwabne and burning them alive in a barn on July 10, 1941. The truth that Poles committed the killings forced a rethinking of the conviction that Poles were victims of Nazi aggression and never collaborators. Kwasniewski insisted that the Nazis inspired the killings, a claim that makes some Poles say that there is no reason to apologize. Rabbi Michael Schudrich, an American who leads Warsaw's Jewish community, praised the apology but said he was disappointed no leaders of Poland's Roman Catholic Church attended. The church, to which 90% of Poles belong, said it had done its part at a special ceremony in May that asked forgiveness for Jedwabne. -- Konrad M. Lepecki + + + + + + + + + + + + http://members.tripod.com/~tytus/Welcome.html =============================================================== Lista 'Forum Zagraniczne' Administrator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archiwum: http://www.mail-archive.com/forum.zagraniczne@3w3.net
