Daughter of Jedwabne survivor: Poles told Germans they knew how to deal with Jews themselves

Rebeca Waserstein, daughter of Jedwabne pogrom survivor Szmul Wasersztajn — whose testimony helped establish the truth about the massacre — described her experience at a commemoration ceremony. An elderly Polish woman named Maria, whose father owned land adjoining the barn where Jews were burned alive, approached her in tears. The two women embraced and wept together, connecting personal grief with historical memory.

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