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The book burning Thursday at a rally in Kalisz, a city of about 100,000 inhabitants situated 120 miles southwest of Warsaw, was part of a series of nationalist events on Nov. 11, National Independence Day, which is the anniversary of when Poland regained its sovereignty in 1918, Times of Israel reported.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Videos and eyewitness accounts on social media show that Wojciech Olsza\u0144ski, a far-right activist, lit a red-covered book that was meant to symbolize the Statute of Kalisz.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The document issued in 1264 by Prince Boles\u0142aw the Pious regulated the legal status of Jews living in Poland and afforded some protection through penalizing attacks on them. The statute served as the legal foundation for relations between non-Jews and Jews in Poland for centuries later.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Olsza\u0144ski poured a flammable liquid on the book that had been skewered on a sharp metal object, and lit the book on fire as the crowd cheered and shouted, “Death to Jews.” Some also chanted: “No to Polin, yes to Poland.” “Polin” is both the Hebrew-language name for Poland and the name of the main Jewish museum in Warsaw.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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