Dodatek: Żydownik Powszechny (English)

Dodatek "Żydownik Powszechny (English)" ukazał się wraz z numerem:
TP 13/2010.
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Suddenly a Voice Came...

Ks. Adam Boniecki
What happened on Sunday 27 May 2001 in Warsaw’s largest church, which stands close to where the Ghetto boundary ran sixty years ago, was a religious event that…
Niepamięć zbiorowa /

Collective Oblivion

Jan Tomasz Gross
Leaders of the Polish Underground State were already aware that Poles were murdering Jews in the summer of 1941. Why did not they raise the alarm? Was it…
To, co pamiętam /

What I Remember

Marcin Król
First we heard that someone of so-called Jewish origin was one of our closest friends. Perhaps nothing would come of it, but now it was out in the open.…

Jewish Tears

Ks. Adam Boniecki
Jedwabne. 10 July 2001, a cold day. Why are we here? Rabbi Jacob Baker, who was born here and left for America before 1939, says, “Not just because - as one…

Clenched Fists Against

Ks. Stanisław Musiał SJ
It is possible to "defend" the cross whilst actually profaning it. In truth, it is not those who demand that the crosses at the gravel pit be…

Life is the Most Important Thing

Marek Edelman
It was like this: a Jew was leaving the ghetto and a crowd of people was standing there, including two racketeers. There were only two of them, and it was only…

A Contribution to Judaism Day

Józefa Hennelowa
Today, 17 January, virtually every television programme mentioned Judaism Day, which is celebrated by the Polish Catholic Church. But it was mentioned as a…
Sąsiedzi, bracia /

Neighbours, Brothers...

Kard. Stanisław Dziwisz
We should be and want to be the guardians of memory of the Jewish world that existed for centuries in our cities, towns, and villages. We are aware of our…
Chciałbym być sobą /

I Just Want to be Myself

Jan Hartman
The identity of the anti-Semite is becoming distorted. He must convince himself and others that he is not one... Even the fact that he cannot call himself an…
Żydownik Powszechny - okładka wersji angielskojęzycznej /

Essays in Polish-Jewish relations

Ks. Adam Boniecki
Father Adam Boniecki, editor-in-chief of Tygodnik Powszechny: for 65 years people whispered behind our back or asked in friendly hushed tones: “So what is it…
Piwnice wciąż gniją /

Basements Continue to Rot

Zuzanna Radzik
As the bishops knelt to make their apologies to God for the crimes committed in Jedwabne, anti-Church and anti-Semitic books were being sold in the basement of…

In tenebris lux

Stefania Skwarczyńska
No comfort is forthcoming. We cannot raise the murdered from the dead. We cannot undo the facts.

Poles Aiding Jews, 1939–1944. Reports, Recollections, Documents

Władysław Bartoszewski
I believe that regarding a matter as important and vital as cooperation between Poles and Jews during the occupation, we have a moral duty to bear witness as…
Biedny chrześcijanin patrzy na Jedwabne /

A Poor Christian Looks at Jedwabne

Abp Henryk Muszyński
Abp HENRYK MUSZYŃSKI: The commandment we share with the Jews says, "Thou shalt not murder." We must admit that we did not keep this…

Anti-Semitism

Jerzy Turowicz
Anti-Semitism cannot be reconciled with Catholicism; in its essence, anti-Semitism is entirely pagan and hatred of Jews indirectly harms Christianity. In his…
Wesołych Świąt /

Christmas Card

Etgar Keret
There was this guy who could walk on water. Not that that’s such a big deal. Lots of people can walk on water. They usually don’t know that because they don’t…

Bitter poem

Czesław Miłosz
Czesław Miłosz on Jan Darowski’s “Postmortem"
Ufam, że po raz ostatni... /

For The Last Time, I Hope...

Jerzy Turowicz
In the middle of Europe, an ostensibly Christian Europe, 6 million Jews were murdered. They died “abandoned by an indifferent world," while Churches…
Czarne jest czarne /

Black is Black

Ks. Stanisław Musiał SJ
Father Jankowski’s statement about not tolerating the Jewish minority in the Polish government is an anti-Semitic statement of Nazi provenance. Should not the…
Biedni Polacy patrzą na getto /

The Poor Poles Look at the Ghetto

Jan Błoński
I think we must imitate this in our attitude to the Polish-Jewish past. We must stop haggling, trying to defend and justify ourselves. We must stop arguing…

None of This Matters

Marek Edelman
Anka Grupińska interviews Marek Edelman, one of the leaders of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.