MiniMe3388
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This post is about a historical event. If any of you have noticed an error or have other information about a particular thing then please point it out.
I apologize if there may be any language errors - I use a translator.
The Kielce Pogrom happened on July 4, 1946 in Kielce. The pogrom was carried out by residents of the city and soldiers from the Polish People's Army (Ludowe Wojsko Polskie), Internal Security Corps (Korpus Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego) and Citizens' Militia (Milicja Obywatelska) officers.
The cause of the pogrom was a rumor that the jews had imprisoned a young boy (Henryk Błaszczyk) in the basement, on whom the jews were to carry out a ritual murder.
The course of the event itself.
On July 1, 1946, Henryk Błaszczyk went missing. Two days later, on July 3, the boy returned home. His father - Walenty Błaszczyk - reported to the police station that his son was being held in the basement by jews, from which the boy had escaped.
The next morning - July 4 - Walenty Błaszczyk, along with his son and a neighbor, once again went to the militia station. According to testimony, an unknown person allegedly gave the boy a package and asked him to relate it to some house. Upon reaching the place, Henry was locked in the basement where several other children were also present. The boy gave the exact place of being held - 7 Planty Street, where the Jewish Committee was located.
However, this testimony was later to prove untrue and the story of being kidnapped was most likely invented by the boy to avoid punishment.
A police patrol of six officers arrived at the address in question and arrested the jewish man named Kalman Singer, indicated by the boy, and went with him to the police station. Sergeant Zagórski sent a patrol to the site of the boy's alleged imprisonment to search the building. Along the way, the militiamen told passersby they met about the kidnapping of many children by jews and their use in ritual murders. However, in that building, after searching it, there were no basements.
First part of the pogrom (before noon)
Around 10 am, a hostile crowd of random people gathered in front of the building. Between 10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Polish People's Army and Internal Security Corps troops showed up and surrounded the building, but did not disperse the gathered crowd, but reportedly fired at the building's windows. Then several soldiers, along with militiamen, after breaking down the door, went inside and conducted a search among the residents. They stripped the residents of the weapons for which they had a permit, and after that they began shooting at the people inside the building. Several jews were killed, including Seweryn Kahane, who was chairman of the Jewish Committee.
After the initial shooting, soldiers and representatives of other uniformed formations dragged the jews from their rooms out of the building and led them outside. The gathered crowd of people and other soldiers who were outside began beating them and throwing stones at them.
Several to a dozen jews were shot or killed with bayonets and blunt objects. At about 12:00 a.m., a new detachment of the army arrived at the scene and brought the situation under control and restored order.
The second part of the pogrom (in the afternoon)
Around 12:30 a.m., several hundred workers armed with metal pipes, sticks and stones arrived at the building from the Kielce Metal Works. The workers broke through the soldiers and attacked the remaining jews in the houses. Through the pogrom began anew. At this time, acts of violence toward jews began throughout the city. About twenty people were killed under the previously mentioned building. Acts of violence and murder also occurred that day on trains and at train stations.
Around 2 pm, uniformed services began to respond to the spreading violence. Before the evening, additional troops and armored vehicles entered the city. A militia hour was also imposed. Around 6 pm the pogrom ended.
Forty people were killed in the pogrom - 37 jews and three Poles. 35 people were wounded. The number of people killed did not include those murdered at train stations, the exact number of which is not known.
The pogrom caused a mass emigration of jews from Poland and other European countries to Israel and contributed to the spread of the stereotype of the Polish-antisemite in the world.
I apologize if there may be any language errors - I use a translator.
The Kielce Pogrom happened on July 4, 1946 in Kielce. The pogrom was carried out by residents of the city and soldiers from the Polish People's Army (Ludowe Wojsko Polskie), Internal Security Corps (Korpus Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego) and Citizens' Militia (Milicja Obywatelska) officers.
The cause of the pogrom was a rumor that the jews had imprisoned a young boy (Henryk Błaszczyk) in the basement, on whom the jews were to carry out a ritual murder.
The course of the event itself.
On July 1, 1946, Henryk Błaszczyk went missing. Two days later, on July 3, the boy returned home. His father - Walenty Błaszczyk - reported to the police station that his son was being held in the basement by jews, from which the boy had escaped.
The next morning - July 4 - Walenty Błaszczyk, along with his son and a neighbor, once again went to the militia station. According to testimony, an unknown person allegedly gave the boy a package and asked him to relate it to some house. Upon reaching the place, Henry was locked in the basement where several other children were also present. The boy gave the exact place of being held - 7 Planty Street, where the Jewish Committee was located.
However, this testimony was later to prove untrue and the story of being kidnapped was most likely invented by the boy to avoid punishment.
A police patrol of six officers arrived at the address in question and arrested the jewish man named Kalman Singer, indicated by the boy, and went with him to the police station. Sergeant Zagórski sent a patrol to the site of the boy's alleged imprisonment to search the building. Along the way, the militiamen told passersby they met about the kidnapping of many children by jews and their use in ritual murders. However, in that building, after searching it, there were no basements.
First part of the pogrom (before noon)
Around 10 am, a hostile crowd of random people gathered in front of the building. Between 10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Polish People's Army and Internal Security Corps troops showed up and surrounded the building, but did not disperse the gathered crowd, but reportedly fired at the building's windows. Then several soldiers, along with militiamen, after breaking down the door, went inside and conducted a search among the residents. They stripped the residents of the weapons for which they had a permit, and after that they began shooting at the people inside the building. Several jews were killed, including Seweryn Kahane, who was chairman of the Jewish Committee.
After the initial shooting, soldiers and representatives of other uniformed formations dragged the jews from their rooms out of the building and led them outside. The gathered crowd of people and other soldiers who were outside began beating them and throwing stones at them.
Several to a dozen jews were shot or killed with bayonets and blunt objects. At about 12:00 a.m., a new detachment of the army arrived at the scene and brought the situation under control and restored order.
The second part of the pogrom (in the afternoon)
Around 12:30 a.m., several hundred workers armed with metal pipes, sticks and stones arrived at the building from the Kielce Metal Works. The workers broke through the soldiers and attacked the remaining jews in the houses. Through the pogrom began anew. At this time, acts of violence toward jews began throughout the city. About twenty people were killed under the previously mentioned building. Acts of violence and murder also occurred that day on trains and at train stations.
Around 2 pm, uniformed services began to respond to the spreading violence. Before the evening, additional troops and armored vehicles entered the city. A militia hour was also imposed. Around 6 pm the pogrom ended.
Forty people were killed in the pogrom - 37 jews and three Poles. 35 people were wounded. The number of people killed did not include those murdered at train stations, the exact number of which is not known.
The pogrom caused a mass emigration of jews from Poland and other European countries to Israel and contributed to the spread of the stereotype of the Polish-antisemite in the world.
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