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 70
... early 1943 that the Western Allies had shown little disposition toward the idea of becoming involved in large scale supply and support operations to the Poles in an uprising against the Germans . Sikorski told Rowecki that aid to the ...
... early 1943 that the Western Allies had shown little disposition toward the idea of becoming involved in large scale supply and support operations to the Poles in an uprising against the Germans . Sikorski told Rowecki that aid to the ...
Page 183
... early months of 1944 , military cooperation by the AK with Soviet armed forces broke down , resulting in the dissolution of AK units by the Russians and the conscription of Polish soldiers into the Soviet army . There were also several ...
... early months of 1944 , military cooperation by the AK with Soviet armed forces broke down , resulting in the dissolution of AK units by the Russians and the conscription of Polish soldiers into the Soviet army . There were also several ...
Page 216
... early in September , he finally dropped his opposition to AAF use of Soviet bases , knowing by then that Polish surrender to the Germans was a certainty . At 5:30 A.M. on September 18 , a massive air armada , consisting of 110 B - 17s ...
... early in September , he finally dropped his opposition to AAF use of Soviet bases , knowing by then that Polish surrender to the Germans was a certainty . At 5:30 A.M. on September 18 , a massive air armada , consisting of 110 B - 17s ...
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