Could IPN reach any of the perpetrators of the crime committed in Radzilow?
Radoslaw Ignatiew, IPN Prosecutor: I have questioned some witnesses who saw the Jews herded in the marketplace and then driven to a barn by Piekna Street on the 7th of July 1941. Their testimonies confirm the information found in the archives. After the war, there were several criminal cases pertaining to the participation of some inhabitants of Radzilow in this crime. We know the name of a person who poured a flammable liquid onto the thatched roof of the barn and then set it afire. A few of the witnesses testified about it. The same person allegedly killed a young Jewish woman who managed to get out of the burning barn. We know that this person most probably still lives and we are in the process of finding where the person lives. Q: In light of your determinations until now, are the criminal acts in Jedwabne and in Radzilow different, or it is the same “scenario”? A: The events were very much alike. The Jewish population was first herded in the market and ordered to weed grass. Somet
