WJC News Update – Dozens, including local bishop, attend ceremony commemorating Jedwabne pogrom

2017. július 11 05:18

WJC News Update – Dozens, including local bishop, attend ceremony commemorating Jedwabne pogrom

 

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 10 July 2017
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Small blog jedwabne Dozens, including local bishop, attend ceremony commemorating Jedwabne pogrom – JTAFor the first time ceremony was attended by Bishop Rafał Markowski, president of the Council for Religious Dialogue and the Committee for Dialogue with Judaism, who said that the Catholic Church prays for the Polish perpetrators of the murder and apologizes for it.
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