The crime and the silence : a quest for the truth of a wartime massacre

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Label

The crime and the silence : a quest for the truth of a wartime massacre

Title remainder

a quest for the truth of a wartime massacre

Statement of responsibility

Anna Bikont ; translated from the Polish by Alissa Valles

Creator

• trueBikont, Anna

Contributor

• Valles, Alissa

Author

• trueBikont, Anna

Translator

• Valles, Alissa

Subject

• trueJews, Polish
• trueHolocaust (1939-1945) -- Poland
• truePoland
• trueAntisemitism
• trueAntisemitism -- Poland -- History -- 20th century
• trueJedwabne, Poland
• trueHistory writing -- Wars and conflicts -- World War II -- Holocaust
• trueJews -- Persecutions -- Poland
• Poland -- Ethnic relations
• trueWorld War II -- Atrocities
• trueTranslations -- Polish to English
• trueInterethnic relations
• trueNazi collaborators -- Poland
• trueMassacres
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland

Genre

• trueTranslations
• trueHistory writing

Language

eng

Summary

On 10 July 1941 a horrifying crime was committed in the small Polish town of Jedwadbne. Early in the afternoon, the town's Jewish population - hundreds of men, women and children - were ordered out of their homes, and marched into the town square. By the end of the day most would be dead. It was a massacre on a shocking scale, and one that was widely condemned. But only a few people were brought to justice for their part in the atrocity. The truth of what actually happened on that day was to be suppressed for more than sixty years. Part history, part memoir, part investigation, The Crime and the Silence is an award-winning journalist's account of the events of that day: both the story of a massacre told through oral histories of survivors and witnesses, and a portrait of a Polish town coming to terms with its dark past. Including the perspectives of both heroes and perpetrators, Anna Bikont chronicles the sources of the hatred that exploded against Jews and asks what myths grow on hidden memories, what destruction they cause, and what happens to a society that refuses to accept a horrific truth. Provocative, profoundly moving and ingeniously structured, The Crime and the Silence is a monumental work of non-fiction, and a vital contribution to Holocaust literature

Member of

• trueMy z Jedwabnego

Tone

• trueSobering

Writing style

• trueCompelling

Award

• New York Times Notable Book, 2015
• National Jewish Book Award, 2015.

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

NLE

Dewey number

940.5318

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Target audience

adult