In March 1968, a student revolt crushed by Poland's baton-wielding police was used as a pretext for an anti-Semitic purge by the communist regime.
It began when the communists banned the 19th-century play "Forefathers' Eve" by poet Adam Mickiewicz claiming it had anti-Russian elements.
Two students who contested the ban were expelled from the University of Warsaw, prompting their peers to stage a demonstration on March 8.
Backed by other civil groups, particularly workers unhappy with daily life under communism, the pro-democracy protests spread to other cities.
The regime used the student revolt as an excuse to unleash an anti-Semitic campaign that was rooted in a settling of scores inside the Communist Party, which was split into two camps.
Source :- yahoonews
It began when the communists banned the 19th-century play "Forefathers' Eve" by poet Adam Mickiewicz claiming it had anti-Russian elements.
Two students who contested the ban were expelled from the University of Warsaw, prompting their peers to stage a demonstration on March 8.
Backed by other civil groups, particularly workers unhappy with daily life under communism, the pro-democracy protests spread to other cities.
The regime used the student revolt as an excuse to unleash an anti-Semitic campaign that was rooted in a settling of scores inside the Communist Party, which was split into two camps.
Source :- yahoonews
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