BOOK REVEALS HOW A TRAGIC SECRET WAS KEPT

The horrors of the Holocaust have been with us since the last days of World War II.

Now comes a grim book, "Neighbors," about 1,600 Jews slain in a small Polish town in 1941. For 60 years, official propaganda and closely held secrets in the town have led the world to believe the Jews were slaughtered at the hands of German occupiers.

The truth, as the book vividly depicts, is that the Jews were herded into a barn and burned to death by their Polish neighbors.

The shocking details in the book offer more than a tragic story. The facts gathered in this account have set an entire nation on edge.

For the most part, today's Poles have been taught their countrymen were victims of the Hitler regime. For many, this latest revelation unmasks the power of government bureaucracy to conceal the horrible facts of history.