Anna Bikont
Polish journalist and non-fiction writer, co-founder of the daily Gazeta Wyborcza and former underground press editor. She is best known for The Crime and the Silence, her investigation of the 1941 Jedwabne pogrom, and for biographies including a study of poet Wislawa Szymborska and a book on rescuer Irena Sendler. Her work has received international recognition, including the European Book Prize and the National Jewish Book Award.
Books
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1. The Crime And The Silence
Confronting the Massacre of Jews in Wartime Jedwabne
An investigative work that revisits the 1941 Jedwabne massacre, combining archival research with interviews of survivors, witnesses, and descendants to expose the roles of local Poles in the murder of their Jewish neighbors. It traces decades of denial, fear, and silence under communism and after, showing how memory, nationalism, and antisemitism shaped the public conversation. Through intimate portraits and ethical reflection, it honors rescuers, confronts perpetrators’ legacies, and probes what it means for a community and a nation to face inconvenient truths.
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