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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... Nazi hierarchy , the conclusion is inescapable that a racial war aimed at the destruction of the Polish people was the objective of the Third Reich . Heinrich Himmler , the man who implemented the German war on the Poles and other Slavs ...
... Nazi hierarchy , the conclusion is inescapable that a racial war aimed at the destruction of the Polish people was the objective of the Third Reich . Heinrich Himmler , the man who implemented the German war on the Poles and other Slavs ...
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... Nazi economic exploitation of Poland can be gleaned from the fact that during the period of German occupation Polish material losses were over 62 billion złotys . 139 There had always been an unresolved conflict in Nazi minds about ...
... Nazi economic exploitation of Poland can be gleaned from the fact that during the period of German occupation Polish material losses were over 62 billion złotys . 139 There had always been an unresolved conflict in Nazi minds about ...
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... Nazi Occupation , 97 . 140. U.S. Counsel , Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression 2 : 632-33 . 141. The Four - Year Plan can be found in Appendix 47 , Polish White Book , 111ff . 142. For an idea of the difficulties incurred , see extracts of ...
... Nazi Occupation , 97 . 140. U.S. Counsel , Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression 2 : 632-33 . 141. The Four - Year Plan can be found in Appendix 47 , Polish White Book , 111ff . 142. For an idea of the difficulties incurred , see extracts of ...
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