Quotulatiousness

September 25, 2010

Irony, Polish style

Filed under: Europe, History, WW2 — Tags: , , — Nicholas @ 13:17

By way of Jon Henke’s twitter feed, the most ironic story so far this year:

Two Polish neo-Nazis who were childhood sweethearts and later became skinheads have discovered what for them is a shocking family secret: They’re actually Jewish.

Pawel and Ola, identified only by their first names, are the subject of a CNN documentary about Poles rediscovering their Jewish roots generations after their ancestors hid their religious identities to escape persecution during World War II.

A few years ago, Ola found out from Warsaw’s Jewish Historical Institute that both she and her husband are technically Jews. “It was unbelievable — it turned out that we had Jewish roots. It was a shock,” she said.

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