The commemoration took place one day before its 80th anniversary, July 4, as it fell on the Jewish Sabbath. Participants prayed at the Jewish cemetery and laid flowers and lit candles outside the Jewish Committee building on Planty Street, where the violence unfolded. The massacre followed a false claim by an 8-year-old boy that Jews had abducted him. The ensuing blood-libel rumor brought civilians, militiamen and soldiers to the building. Historical accounts vary; major references put the Jewish death toll at least 40. Two Poles who were defending the Jews were also murdered. The attack became a symbol of insecurity for Holocaust survivors in postwar Poland and contributed to a Jewish exodus. TVP World’s 2025 article examines the postwar fate of Poland’s Jewish community.