Poland apologises to Jews
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Poland apologises to Jews |
| Polish President Alexander Kwasniewski has made a formal apology on behalf of the Polish people for a massacre of Jews 60 years ago.
"For this crime we should beg the souls of the dead and their families for forgiveness," he said at a ceremony in the village of Jedwabne.
"This is why today, as a citizen and as the president of the Republic of Poland, I beg pardon. I beg pardon in my own name, and in the name of those Poles whose conscience is shattered by that crime," he said. The BBC's Rob Broomby reports
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Modern Jewish History teacher at the University of Southampton David Cesarani: "This process has been ongoing for 20 years" |
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