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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Please note my answer to a young man >from Poland, regarding the relationship between Jews and Poles, at: http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/4017/plock/tomarek.htm Shalom, Ada Joyce Field wrote: Dear Marek, Thank you very much for writing this message to the Yizkor-- Email: ada01@netvision.net.il Web Site: http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/4017/ --------------219EDED282C9B905EDF48B22 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <p>Please note my answer to a young man >from Poland, regarding <br>the relationship between Jews and Poles, at: <br><a href="http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/4017/plock/tomarek.htm">http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/4017/plock/tomarek.htm</a> <p>Shalom, <p>Ada <br> <p>Joyce Field wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE><style type="text/css"><!-- blockquote, dl, ul, ol, li { margin-top: 0 ; margin-bottom: 0 } --></style> Dear Marek, Thank you very much for writing this message to the Yizkor Book Help Desk . I am impressed with your ideas and your efforts to come to terms with Jewish history in Poland and am forwarding your message to some people who will be very interested in what you have to say in the hope that perhaps we can begin a dialogue. Please realize that what you said was important and symbolic on Christmas Eve. In addition, it is gratifying that you have been so affected by the material on the Yizkor Book Project. Joyce FieldJewishGen, Yizkor Book Project Manager <blockquote type="cite" cite><tt><font size=-1>I have just read your material and decided to write a few words to you. I am a young Pole (29) and I have been interested in theYedwabne tragedy for a few weeks. The very first thing I came across about Yedwabne was a huge article published by a Polish daily newspaper "GAZETA" in November. It was a kind of public response after publishing a book by Gratz (I haven't read it yet). I have to admit that the Yedwabne tragedy really shocked me. It is extremely painful for me for two reasons. The first one is that I can't believe that such things had happened (though I am not doubtful at all) and the second is that almost nothing is being done to "reconcile" the two nations. All those murders should have been punished many years ago. I totally support your efforts towards revealing the truth about this mass murder. I often ask myself why it is so hard to understand, accept and respect, why it is far easier to hate, ignore and underestimate. I am a young man and I am trying to be as far objective as I can. I adore Isaac B. Singer literature and I find a lot about Jewish customs, living and history through reading his books. Nobody has ever forced me to do that. There are a lot of young people like me and of course many others who could be described as anti-semitic. Hate isn't born >from itself. It is born because of certain thoughtless actions >from some narrow-minded Poles and Jews. I think that the truth about Yedwabne must come to light and that light should be seen by everyone. At the same time I would really wish Jewish communities (especially in the US) made efforts towards reconciliation and creation of new relationships between Poles and Jews. Opening people's minds seems still difficult. I am writing this on Christmas Eve - one of the greatest holidays of Christianity and I think that it might shed a ray of hope and light on our relationships. These are just a few words that I wanted to say. They don't bring anything important but ......</font></tt></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font size=-1>with respect, understanding and hope for better future</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font size=-1>Marek Jozwiak</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font size=-1>Plock, Poland</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite> <hr width="450"></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite> <br><font color="#FF0000"><font size=-1>Szybkos´c´ - Bezpieczen´stwo - FTP - SQL - ASP -<b> 100 MB</b></font></font> <br><font color="#FF0000"><font size=-1>dla Twojego serwisu WWW</font></font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font color="#FF0000"><font size=-1>[<a href="http://www.op.pl/hosting/">http://www.op.pl/hosting/</a> ]</font></font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite> <hr width="450"></blockquote> </blockquote> -- <br>Email: ada01@netvision.net.il <br>Web Site: <a href="http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/4017/">http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/4017/</a> <br> </html> --------------219EDED282C9B905EDF48B22--
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