„Marzeniem pana Poteraja jak i moim jest, aby te niechlubne wydarzenia zostały opisane”. O zbrodni oddziału AK na Żydach ukrywających się na bagnach koło wsi Podosie w Łomżyńskiem
"It is Mr. Poteraj's dream, as well as mine, that these infamous events be recorded." About the crime of the Home Army unit against Jews hiding in the swamps near the village of Podosie in the Łomża region

Summary/Abstract: On the night of 1‒2 June 1944, a Home Army detachment commanded by Bolesław Kurpiewski “Orlik” attacked a Jewish camp at a swamp near the village of Podosie, on the border between Łomża and Ostrołęka Counties. Twelve Jews were killed. After the war, two trials were held, in which ten people were sentenced. This article describes the two trials, the testimonies of the accused and witnesses, and the later actions of the judiciary, also after the year 1989. It also discusses the current local memory of the crime. Bikont focuses in more detail on one of the men sentenced for the murder of the Jews at the swamp, Stefan Wyszkowski, and his son Krzysztof, who has been investigating the crime since the 1990s.

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