The Forgotten Holocaust: The Poles Under German Occupation, 1939-1944Emphasizes that the Polish people, like the Jews, were victims of a German war of annihilation which nearly succeeded. While some Poles helped Jews, others helped the Germans to hunt them down. However, these were condemned by the Polish underground. Ch. 5 (pp. 121-151) argues that Polish failure to save the Jews was due not to antisemitism but rather to preoccupation with their own survival and lack of mutual social contacts. Contends that Polish antisemitism was mainly an expression of resentment against Jewish economic domination, matched by Jewish discrimination against Poles. Poles resented the Jewish welcome of the Soviets in 1939. Up to 1942, they believed that the Jews were relatively safe in the ghettos. also denies "exaggerated" accusations of antisemitism in the Anders Army. Ch. 6 (pp. 152-181) describes actions of the government-in-exile on behalf of the Jews; denies that the Home Army failed to help the Warsaw ghetto fighters. |
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Page 141
... ghetto have not really separated the Jewish population from the Poles . The Polish and Jewish masses continue to fight together for common aims , just as they have fought for so many years in the past . " 85 His colleague in the Polish ...
... ghetto have not really separated the Jewish population from the Poles . The Polish and Jewish masses continue to fight together for common aims , just as they have fought for so many years in the past . " 85 His colleague in the Polish ...
Page 176
... ghetto insurgency : only 10 percent of its soldiers were properly armed.97 Although recent historians have been critical of the amount of AK aid to the Jews prior to the Ghetto Uprising , Wilner and Berman considered the help , in ...
... ghetto insurgency : only 10 percent of its soldiers were properly armed.97 Although recent historians have been critical of the amount of AK aid to the Jews prior to the Ghetto Uprising , Wilner and Berman considered the help , in ...
Page 177
... Ghetto , ex- cept perhaps Anielewicz , expect the AK to squander its strength and join the Jews in a suicidal uprising . Nor did they have the right to do so . As Woliński aptly suggested , any uprising by the AK at the time would have ...
... Ghetto , ex- cept perhaps Anielewicz , expect the AK to squander its strength and join the Jews in a suicidal uprising . Nor did they have the right to do so . As Woliński aptly suggested , any uprising by the AK at the time would have ...
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