Massacre in Yedwabne

In 10 june 1941, Jewish population of Yedwabne? was massacred with cold blood. Most of victims was burned alive in the barn. Number of killed is estimated between 300 (latest estimation by Polish IPN) and 1600 (initial findings). Some historians, namely prof. Gross, claimed that it was typical pogrom in which Jews were massacred by their Polish neighbours. Others, like prof. Strzembosz, claimed that it was German provocation. There were found German bullets near barn of Yedwabne. Many witnesses saw German soldiers that day in Yedwabne, many others swears that in that day there were no Germans in that town. That some non-Jewish Poles took active part in that crime is beyond doubt, but controversions still exists: how big was that part? Were there any German units that day in Yedwabne?

President of Poland [Aleksander Kwasniewski]? officially apologized Jewish nation for that crime. Many people criticized him for doing so before events were reconstructed with reasonable confidence.