A 'most beautiful gesture'

The Shalom Foundation wants Jews who were expelled from Poland in 1968 to regain Polish citizenship.

Because of the approaching 40th anniversary of what is known in Poland as 'March 1968' - when tens of thousands of Polish citizens of Jewish descent were forced to leave Poland by the Communist government - the foundation issued a letter to President Lech Kaczynski, which states that it would be a 'most beautiful gesture' if all Jews expelled from Poland automatically regained their citizenship on one day.

In 1968 the Communist Security Service took away their Polish passports and gave them a one-way ticket.

The Shalom Foundation is an American-Polish-Israeli organization based in Warsaw, promoting the culture of Polish Jews. The March 1968 events will be commemorated in Warsaw on March 5. Meetings, discussion panels, book promotions and exhibitions connected to the tragic events will take place.

Sorce: Polskie Radio