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 123
... Polish National Democrats , for example , wanted to create a " national " Poland ; their appeal was to the growing Polish middle class , and they were anti - Semitic . Correspondingly , the ex- tremist Zionists cared little for Poland ...
... Polish National Democrats , for example , wanted to create a " national " Poland ; their appeal was to the growing Polish middle class , and they were anti - Semitic . Correspondingly , the ex- tremist Zionists cared little for Poland ...
Page 149
... Polish leader actively involved in the work of Żegota estimated that it cost 5,000,000 złotys every month to maintain 10,000 Jewish orphans . To free one Jew from a camp , cost 6,000 to 15,000 złotys . On its part , the Jewish National ...
... Polish leader actively involved in the work of Żegota estimated that it cost 5,000,000 złotys every month to maintain 10,000 Jewish orphans . To free one Jew from a camp , cost 6,000 to 15,000 złotys . On its part , the Jewish National ...
Page 156
... Polish National Council , British Minister of Information Brendan Bracken chaired a press confer- ence on July 9 , 1942. Several members of the Polish government were present , including Stanisław Mikołajczyk , Polish minister of ...
... Polish National Council , British Minister of Information Brendan Bracken chaired a press confer- ence on July 9 , 1942. Several members of the Polish government were present , including Stanisław Mikołajczyk , Polish minister of ...
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