JERUSALEM, ISRAEL / AGILITYPR.NEWS / July 10, 2025 / Yad Vashem is profoundly shocked and deeply concerned by the desecration of historical truth and memory at the Jedwabne memorial site in Poland, where new plaques were recently installed in an apparent attempt to distort the story of the massacre of Jews.

On July 10, 1941, amid the German offensive and the occupation of eastern Poland, local residents from Jedwabne and the surrounding area took part in the brutal murder of hundreds of their Jewish neighbors. This horrific crime has been thoroughly documented through decades of rigorous historical research and numerous survivor and eyewitness testimonies.

Attempts to deny or misrepresent these events are not only a blatant falsification of history and an effort to absolve the perpetrators, but also a profound affront to the victims and a dangerous erosion of Poland’s historical and moral responsibility.

Yad Vashem calls on the relevant Polish authorities to remove this offensive installation and to ensure that the historical meaning of the site is preserved and respected. Only by acknowledging and commemorating the darkest chapters of the past can we hope to prevent such atrocities from ever happening again.