An illegal judaic bank was robbing the Polish Treasury

Jewish historians increasingly accuse our ancestors of supposedly innate “anti-Semitism”. At the same time, initiatives to show the past of judaic residents in Poland avoid the devil of holy water themes showing black cards of their presence. However, in order to always have the chance to talk of sincere reconciliation with Poles who hosted the judaic community, 1 must bow to their hostile behaviour towards hosts who accepted them as guests in their country.

An illegal judaic bank was robbing the Polish Treasury. Our national communities in the period II of the Polish Republic called for economical patriotism, which was to be characterized by the principle: its own to its own. At the same time, measures have been taken throughout the inter-war period to reduce the monopoly of the community in crucial areas of social life. During this period, however, the judaic community took many steps which straight hit the Polish state and aroused the reluctance of Poles to this kind of guests. An interesting example was the kosher-nostra operating in Wielkopolska.

Sompolno is simply a town located in Konin County, north-eastern Wielkopolska Voivodeship. The town is located on the Kujawski Lake District. The village is part of the alleged Kujaw Forest (Borowe) and belongs to the oldest settlements in the area. The river Ubiega flows through the city, which is simply a left-coast tributary of Noteta[1].

With the beginning of January 1938, the town was shaken by a financial scandal that struck the Polish Treasury. According to the press at the time, it was rather a coincidence that rather a number of credit and money transactions were carried out between local and abroad judaic merchants.

The financial audit carried out by the taxation authorities showed that all loans were from a single source: from a group of wealthy merchants and property owners of Jews from a secret banquet. By turning more serious capital, he lent loans to judaic merchants at a advanced percentage. A complete secret, binding customers of the banque, allowed to hide a transaction for a long time, putting the Treasury at risk...

The money was not philanthropic, on the contrary, advanced percentages. The debtors, the imperceptible, could even press with auctions. These discreetly kept silent so as not to release a secret that was convenient for the judaic merchantry.

Of course, the debt register, due to the fact that it was classified, did not pay any patents, taxes, stamp charges, etc. The harm to which the Treasury was exposed must undoubtedly be large if the local Jews said that the banque had been in operation for 40 years! The exact date of the uprising is forgotten by its current co-owners. Apparently, it was inactive run by their fathers.[2].

Unfortunately, this communicative besides indicates black cards of judaic guests' relations in Poland towards their hosts. The fact that they set up a secret bank, operating only among the judaic community, which was ready for late payment for auctions, shows far from perfect features of the community, which is shown to us as idyllic and admirable.

[1]J. Dębinski, Sompolna's socio-political life over the centuries, [in:] Parish of St. Mary Magdalene in Sompolna against a historical background, under the ed. W. Krzywański, K. Rulka, Włocławek 2011, p.37.

[2]An extraordinary affair in Sempolna. judaic secret debt money, Echo, 1938, R14, No 14, p.1.

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