Kaczynski had called the event in 1968 as shameful where at least 15,000 Jews were kicked out of Poland when it was under the rule from the Communists that were backed up by the Soviet Union. First, there was a protest by students throughout the nation of Poland which came after a patriotic play was closed by the government.
The play was made by Adam Mickiewicz, the national poet of Poland. This was during a time where Poland was relatively a new country. In a sense, Poland is still a very young country. The government had made the decision to close the play.
Students had protested at Warsaw University. Through violence, the police had broken up the protests. However, most of the student protesters and professors were Jewish.
Like the Nazis in Germany, the communist controlled government had made the Jewish community of Poland as the scapegoats. They were blamed and then stripped of their citizenship. The Communist Party of Poland used this as a means to blame Jews and kick them out of the country.
Jews in the thousands were expelled from the country of Poland. Most of the Jews in Poland had survived the Holocaust back in World War II. In short, the government had ejected half of the nation’s population from the country.
At the anniversary on Saturday, President Kaczynski has made the promise to restore the citizenship of the at least 15,000 Jews that were kicked out of the country. Kaczynski said that this was the start for atoning for what the communist controlled government had did back in 1968.
Michal Sobelman, one of those that were ejected had attended the ceremony.
“We left because we couldn’t be Poles and we couldn’t live here as Jews,” Sobelman had explained.
“The Poland of those times did not want us,” he added.
In terms of giving back citizenship to those kicked out of Poland, Kaczynski said: “I treat this as my personal contribution to reversing the consequences of those said, shameful events. Never more.”
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