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LOT 486:
Proclamation to Restore Order in the City of Kielce - Issued on the Pogrom Day - July 4, 1946
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Proclamation to Restore Order in the City of Kielce - Issued on the Pogrom Day - July 4, 1946
Odezwa do Ludnoֵ›ci M. Kielc! Proclamation to the citizens of Kielce, on behalf of Parties' leaders and the city's leaders. Kielce, Poland, July 4, 1946. Polish. The Kielce Pogrom occurred about one year after the end of the war, following a blood libel that spread in the city, claiming that the Jews used the blood of a nine-year-old Christian boy for a religious ceremony. 42 of the 163 Jewish holocaust survivors in the city were murdered and about 80 were injured.
The city of Kielce leaders request in this proclamation to restore order; they state that the pogrom was against Jewish survivors who went through the "Hitlerian Hell" and found shelter in the city. They continue and say that the killings were executed by irresponsible criminals who stain the reputation of the Polish people who are decent and well known for their tolerance. In bold lines, at the end of the proclamation, appears a call to restore order and peace in the city "in the name of the innocent". Signed (in print): seven heads of parties and city leaders. Leaf 38 cm. In general - good condition. Minor tears at borders, some restored. Creases.
