Kielce pogrom in Poland: 80th anniversary of 1946 massacre
DW | 04.07.2026 11:24
Eighty years ago, the city of Kielce in southern Poland was the scene of the worst pogrom in postwar Polish history. In 1946, just 14 months after the allies' victory over Nazi Germany and the end of the World War II, an estimated 40 Jewish Holocaust survivors were robbed, beaten and brutally murdered by their neighbors.
