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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... continued to take seri- ously Hitler's admonition of August 22 , 1939 , when he authorized killing " without pity or mercy all men , women , and children of Polish descent or language . Only in this way can we obtain the living space we ...
... continued to take seri- ously Hitler's admonition of August 22 , 1939 , when he authorized killing " without pity or mercy all men , women , and children of Polish descent or language . Only in this way can we obtain the living space we ...
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... continued to operate in the Polish capital . The sallow - faced commander continued to enjoy the patronage of influential Nazis , and not even Guderian's attempt to get rid of Dirlewanger's unit , along with the Russians , did any good ...
... continued to operate in the Polish capital . The sallow - faced commander continued to enjoy the patronage of influential Nazis , and not even Guderian's attempt to get rid of Dirlewanger's unit , along with the Russians , did any good ...
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... continued for the next four days , stopping on September 18. The Russians resumed them three days later , and continued the drops until the night of September 28. During the twelve nights of air operations over Warsaw , the Russians ...
... continued for the next four days , stopping on September 18. The Russians resumed them three days later , and continued the drops until the night of September 28. During the twelve nights of air operations over Warsaw , the Russians ...
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