ADL: Anti-Semitism resurfaces in Poland
Jewish group urges Polish president to 'speak out forcefully' against attack on monument for more than 300 Jews burned alive in Jedwabne. Meanwhile, dozens march in Bialystok to protest anti-Semitism
Unknown vandals painted a swastika and anti-Semitic messages on the memorial at Jedwabne, including the messages, “They burned easily” and “Do not apologize for Jedwabne.”
Meanwhile, more than 100 people marched in Bialystok on Sunday to protest racist and anti-Semitic attacks. A small counter-demonstration also was held by people chanting nationalist slogans.
In a letter to President Bronislaw Komorowski, the League praised Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski for his “immediate and eloquent statement” following the graffiti incident. The League urged the president to speak out as well and to ensure that those responsible are brought to justice.
ADL National Director Abraham H. Foxman, a Holocaust survivor from Poland, said in a statement that "70 years after that heinous act of mass murder, the anti-Semitism that inspired it has again been expressed at the very site.
"We believe it is important that that the president add his voice and speak out forcefully to condemn both the act and the hate, to demonstrate to all of Poland and beyond that anti-Semitism has no place in Polish society and that those who do espouse it and express it bring only dishonor to themselves.
"His strong voice, as the highest elected official, will overpower the small and cowardly voice of the vandals."
AP contributed to this report
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