Collection of single sheets from various Polish newspapers, covering the Kielce Pogrom and its aftermath. Poland, July 1946. Polish.
Approx. 23 sheets from various newspapers, published during the days following the Kielce Pogrom, featuring articles regarding the pogrom and the trial the followed. The collection includes sheets from the newspapers "Gazeta Ludowa", "Ƶycie Warszawy", Kurier Codzienny", "Głos Ludu", "Rzeczpospolita", "Express Wieczorny", "Robotnik", "Chłopski Sztandar" and an issue of the BIULETYN SPECJALNY PAP (an internal publication of the Polish Press Agency), which were published between 6-19 July, 1946 (except for several undated sheets, which might have been published on an earlier or later date).
The Kielce Pogrom took place on 4 July, 1946, when several Jewish residents, survivors of Nazi camps who returned to the city after the liberation, were accused of murduring a child. 42, of ca. 200 of the city's Jewish inhabitants were murdered in the pogrom, and dozens of others were wounded. The pogrom evoked a strong response throughout the world, resulting in ten thousand DPs and Holocaust survivors, who had returned to Poland after the Holocaust, leaving it again
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