Chris Pinto, November 7, 2013

AFTERMATH: THE JEDWABNE MASSACRE Chris discusses the release of a new Polish film titled, "Aftermath," based on a controversial book by a Princeton historian about the mass murder of some 1600 Jews by Polish Catholics during World War II. For years, the massacre was blamed on the Nazis, who occupied Poland at that time. But according to Polish American author, Jan Gross, it was well known among the citizens of the town of Jedwabne that the 1600 Jews who were beaten, clubbed, shot, stabbed and even burned to death in a barn, were murdered by their own neighbors in a frenzied act of antisemitism. The story has sparked a national debate in Poland, involving the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church in an attempt to make sense of exactly what happened. The Church of Rome has been criticized by Jewish leaders for its history of antisemitism, especially during the era of World War II.