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Events on Friday 8 March 1968 1
19681968 Polish political crisisStudent protests and state-sponsored antisemitic purge in PolandStudent demonstrations in Warsaw, sparked by the banning of a classic play, were met with a harsh crackdown and were followed by a government-orchestrated antisemitic campaign that pressured thousands of Polish Jews to emigrate. The events marked a significant rupture in Poland's postwar communist society. Many of those who left never returned.