"Polish police did nothing. And those forces went ahead with pogroms." Nationalist Anti-Jewish Violence in Podlasie Region in Light of Official 1934-1938 Documents. The Events, the Scope, the Grounds

The years 1937-1939 saw a sudden surge in anti-Jewish violence in the Polish countryside, notably in Sokolhw, Wggrow and Siedlce counties. Right-wing militias encouraged by the National Radical Camp terrorized first of all small concentrations of Jews inhabiting some villages. The Polish state proved to be helpless in the face of such violence. The actions taken by the state administration or the police could not protect the Jewish citizens of the Republic of Poland. These were tragic developments for many families, forced to leave the place where they used to live. With the state impotent as it was, the nationalist camp attracted more followers by widening the rift between the Jewish and Polish communities.