Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xiii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I. The Initial Reporting
6. Introduction 47
7. Burnt Offering Rzeczpospolita, 5 May 2 0 0 0 50
8. The Blood of Jedwabne 60
9. In Memory and Admonition 64
10. Part II. The Moral Debate
11. Introduction 69
12. Prophecies are Being Fulfilled 72
13. Obsessed with Innocence 75
14. A Need for Compensation 87
15. The Revolution of Nihilism 93
16. The Shortsightedness of the “Cultured” 103
17. Homo Jedvabicus 114
18. Part III. Official Statements
19. Introduction 121
20. Living in Truth: Special Statement by Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek regarding the Slaughter of Jews in Jedwabne in 1941, April 2001 125
21. Address Delivered by Władysław Bartoszewski, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., 5 April 2001 126
22. Address by President of Poland Aleksander Kwasńiewski at the Ceremonies in Jedwabne Marking the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Jedwabne Tragedy on 10 July 2001 130
23. Findings of Investigation S 1/00/Zn into the Murder of Polish Citizens of Jewish Origin in the Town of Jedwabne on 10 July 1941, pursuant to Article 1 Point 1 of the Decree of 31 August 1944 133
24. Jedwabne—Let Us Be Silent in the Face of This Crime: Piotr Lipiński Talks with Professor Andrzej Rzepliński 137
25. Part IV. The Debate in the Catholic Church
26. Introduction 147
27. A Poor Christian Looks at Jedwabne: Adam Boniecki and Michał Okoński Talk with Archbishop Henryk Muszyński 155
28. Interview with the Primate of Poland, Cardinal Józef Glemp, on the Murder of Jews in Jedwabne, 15 May 2001 166
29. Rev. stanisław musiał. We ask you to help us be better 173
30. Part V. Voices of the Inhabitants of Jedwabne
31. Introduction 181
32. We are Different People: A Discussion about Jedwabne in Jedwabne 186
33. Marta Kurkowska-Budzan. My Jedwabne 200
34. Part VI. Memories and Methodologies: The Historical Debate
35. Introduction 209
36. Collaboration Passed over in Silence 220
37. How to Grapple with the Perplexing Legacy 237
38. A Roundtable Discussion: Jedwabne—Crime and Memory 247
39. We of Jedwabne 267
40. The Pogrom in Jedwabne: Critical Remarks about Jan T. Gross’S Neighbors 304
41. Critical Remarks Indeed 344
42. Jedwabne Without Stereotypes: Agnieszka Sabor and Marek Zajac Talk with Professor Tomasz Szarota 371
43. Jedwabne: How was it Possible? 386
44. Part VII. The Discussion Outside Poland
45. Introduction 403
46. Introduction to the Hebrew Edition of Neighbors 408
47. Do the Poor Poles Really Look at the Ghetto? Introduction to the Hebrew Edition of Neighbors 414
48. “Heroes and Victims” (Extracts) 421
49. Jedwabne and the Selling of the Holocaust 430
50. Poles and the Jews: How Deep the Guilt? 434
51. Washington Diarist: Righteous 440
52. Chronology 451
53. Explanatory Notes 459
54. Index 471