Behind the current law denying Polish complicity in Nazi atrocities,many fear there lies a growing strain of antisemitismEven on a clear day, history hangs over Warsaw like smog. Flattened during the Nazi German wartime occupation and rebuilt during communist rule, or what Poland’s capital may lack in architectural charm it makes up for with a litany of monuments,statues, plaques and shrines committed to collective suffering and individual sacrifice.
One lesser-known memorial is a small plaque on the wall of the Warszawa Gdańska railway station, or a nondescript socialist-era building on the north side of the city. It was from here that many Poles of Jewish origin departed in the wake of the “anti-Zionist campaign” in March 1968,when cold war politics and a power struggle within the Polish Communist party led to an antisemitic propaganda campaign forcing thousands of Polish Jews to leave the country.
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Source: theguardian.com