Anti-Semitic incidents reported to the Public Prosecutor’s Office or the Police by the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland
Place of Incident / Date of Incident / Description / Stage of Investigation1. / Warsaw / January 22nd, 2002 - present / Propagating of anti-Semitic contents and calling for hatred towards Jewish people on the Internet website / Investigation made by the Public Prosecutor’s Office was discontinued on September 20th, 2007 as no perpetrators were identified.
2. / Świdnica / September 1st, 2003 - present / Propagating of anti-Semitic contents on the website
/syjon/klinika.html, established by Mariusz R. / Investigation made by the Public Prosecutor’s Office was discontinued onJune 28th, 2007 as the case was not classified as an offense.
3. / Brzeziny / December 14th, 2006 / Devastation of the Jewish cemetery: a commemorative plaque was damaged. / Investigation made by the Public Prosecutor’s Office was discontinued on March 14th, 2007 as no perpetrators were identified.
4. / Świdwin / February 26th-28th, 2007 / Devastation of the Jewish cemetery: a commemorative plaque and matzevot were damaged. / Investigation made by the Public Prosecutor’s Office was discontinued on June 9th, 2007 as no perpetrators were identified.
5. / Suwałki / March 2007 (exact date unknown) / Devastation of the Jewish cemetery: swastikas were painted on matzevot. / Investigation made by the Public Prosecutor’s Office was discontinued on May 8th, 2007 as no perpetrators were identified.
6. / Warsaw / March 19th, 2007 / Anti-Semitic graffiti were painted on the monument of the Warsaw Ghetto Heroes. / Investigation is being made by the District Police.
7. / Augustów / Probably
April 8th, 2007 / Devastation of the Jewish cemetery: a commemorative plaque was damaged and matzevot were covered with swastikas. / Investigation made by the Public Prosecutor’s Office was discontinued on September 20th, 2007 as no perpetrators were identified.
8. / Kraków / April 14th, 2007 / Anti-Semitic slogans were shouted and Fascist gestures made by the participants of the NOP (a neo-Nazi organization) demonstration. / Investigation made by the Public Prosecutor’s Office was discontinued on November 26th, 2007 as no perpetrators were identified and the case was not classified as an offense.
9. / Warsaw / May 18th, 2007 / Participation of David Irving, author of works denying the Holocaust during the 52nd International Book Fair. / After the complaint filed to the organizer of the Fair by the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland and other institutions, a meeting withD. Irving was cancelled and he was asked to leave the Fair.
10. / Tuliszków / ProbablyJune 22nd, 2007 / Devastation of the Jewish cemetery: a commemorative plaque was torn off from the wall and swastikas were painted on a matzeva. / Investigation made by the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
11. / Białystok / August 18th, 2007 / Devastation of the Jewish cemetery: swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans were painted on the fence and on matzevot. Devastation of the monument of the Białystok Ghetto Heroes: it was covered with paint and an obelisk was damaged. / Anill of indictment against three suspects was filed the District Court. They were all members of an organized group called “The Fourth Edition”. They may be sentenced to five years of prison. The case was separated from another one, concerning eleven youths (to youngest are 15 years old), it was transferred to the Family and Youth Court.
12. / Białystok / August 19th, 2007 / Anti-Semitic symbols and slogans were painted on houses in Zamenhofa St. and Sienkiewicza St.
13. / Białystok / August 26th, 2007 / Anti-Semitic symbols and slogans were painted on a building in Zamenhofa St., below the plaque commemorating Ludwik Zamenhof.
14. / Suwałki / October 25th-27th, 2007 / Devastation of the Jewish cemetery: swastikas were painted on the Wailing Wall and on matzevot. / Investigation made by the Public Prosecutor’s Office was discontinued on November 27th, 2007 as no perpetrators were identified.