Dismantling Conspiracies of Silence : A 1941 anti-Jewish pogrom in a small Polish town

The Crime and the Silence: A Quest for the truth of a wartime massacre (Windmill, Penguin Random House) is a masterpiece of historical journalism and reportage. On the 10th July 1941, a horrifying anti-Jewish pogrom was committed in the small Polish town of Jedwabne. Part history, part memoir, part investigation, Anna Bikont’s account shows a small town trying to face its dark past.