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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though my father was assimilated , all the executives in his factory and ninety
percent of his workers were Jewish . ... 14 Jews not only experienced competition
for the first time from Poles in businesses they had traditionally monopolized but ...
though my father was assimilated , all the executives in his factory and ninety
percent of his workers were Jewish . ... 14 Jews not only experienced competition
for the first time from Poles in businesses they had traditionally monopolized but ...
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These people either feared becoming actively involved in aiding Jews because
of the risk of the death penalty the Germans automatically imposed on Poles who
helped Jews — Poland was the only occupied country where this was done — or
...
These people either feared becoming actively involved in aiding Jews because
of the risk of the death penalty the Germans automatically imposed on Poles who
helped Jews — Poland was the only occupied country where this was done — or
...
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appointed minister of the treasury by Mikołajczyk , was attacked by some Jewish
newspapers because he was an assimilationist . ... 67 This only encouraged
such groups as the Representation of Polish Jews in Tel Aviv , whose
intemperate ...
appointed minister of the treasury by Mikołajczyk , was attacked by some Jewish
newspapers because he was an assimilationist . ... 67 This only encouraged
such groups as the Representation of Polish Jews in Tel Aviv , whose
intemperate ...
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| Title | The Forgotten Holocaust: The Poles Under German Occupation, 1939-1944 |
| Author | Richard C. Lukas |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | University Press of Kentucky, 1986 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 0813115663, 9780813115665 |
| Length | 300 pages |
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