In pictures: Jedwabne massacre remembered

President Alexander Kwasniewski laid a wreath by the monument

Jews commemorated the dead by placing stones on the memorial

...while others lit candles on the spot

The ceremony included prayers for the 1,500 people who died in the massacre 60 years ago

The inscription on the monument remembers those who died but does not name their murderers

People came from Israel and the United States to attend the ceremony

The rain continued relentlessly throughout the proceedings