Polish-Jewish Relations: 1,300 Keyword-Phrase-Indexed Book Reviews (by Jan Peczkis)

Kogo Musza Przeprosic Zydzi? by Jerzy Robert Nowak. 2001

Jedwabne Apology a Game. Blame Selectivity: The Perpetual Jedwabne Apology Game, With Almost-Complete Silence on Jewish Crimes

WHO MUST THE JEWS APOLOGIZE TO? is the title of this Polish-language book. This work, written by noted historian Jerzy Robert Nowak, although written almost 20 years ago, remains as relevant as ever. The truth about Jedwabne is being suppressed by the refusal to do a proper forensic exhumation at the site. The blaming of the Poles has become political orthodoxy, and the calls for Poles to apologize are never-ending. It is the classic PEDAGOGIKA WSTYDU (politics of shame) in action.

Historian Nowak writes, “All of Poland, the entire nation, is being blamed for a murder perpetrated by German instigation, under German command, at a time when the area was under German occupation and when no Polish structure of government existed.” (p. 3).

He adds that, “The fact is, contrary to the falsehoods perpetrated by western media, Jews have a considerable number of reasons to apologize to the many nations for the behavior of their unworthy representatives.” (p. 4).

Historian Jerzy Robert Nowak packs a punch in this small book as he catalogues, with profuse documentation, of just some of the Jewish crimes against Poles, Russians, Czechs, Hungarians, Arabs, and Americans.

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For another book that examines the need for Jewish apologies to Poles, see:

https://www.jewsandpolesdatabase.org/2021/08/14/jan-pinski-jews-should-apologize-to-poles-not-just-seek-apologies-from-poles/