Neighbors - The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland

A landmark book that changed the story of Poland-s role in the Holocaust

On July 10, 1941, in Nazi-occupied Poland, half of the town of Jedwabne brutally murdered the other half: 1,600 men, women, and children-all but seven of the town-s Jews. In this shocking and compelling classic of Holocaust history, Jan Gross reveals how Jedwabne-s Jews were murdered not by faceless Nazis but by people who knew them well-their non-Jewish Polish neighbors. A previously untold story of the complicity of non-Germans in the extermination of the Jews, Neighbors shows how people victimized by the Nazis could at the same time victimize their Jewish fellow citizens. In a new preface, Gross reflects on the book-s explosive international impact and the backlash it continues to provoke from right-wing Polish nationalists who still deny their ancestors- role in the destruction of the Jews.