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 81
... eastern Poland , was the primary enemy of Jewish partisans . The NSZ was not subordi- nated to the AK ; only a portion of them were in March 1944 , when Jewish partisan groups had already been exterminated by the Germans . The NSZ waged ...
... eastern Poland , was the primary enemy of Jewish partisans . The NSZ was not subordi- nated to the AK ; only a portion of them were in March 1944 , when Jewish partisan groups had already been exterminated by the Germans . The NSZ waged ...
Page 82
... eastern Poland who were victimized by hos- tile partisans . One Polish critic claimed there was more contact between Warsaw and London than between Warsaw and Lwów . The consequence was that Poles in eastern Poland felt isolated and ...
... eastern Poland who were victimized by hos- tile partisans . One Polish critic claimed there was more contact between Warsaw and London than between Warsaw and Lwów . The consequence was that Poles in eastern Poland felt isolated and ...
Page 163
... eastern Poland had made its impact , convincing the government delegate that there would not be much left of the Polish nation at war's end unless the West initiated immediate reprisals against Germany.41 By the end of December 1942 ...
... eastern Poland had made its impact , convincing the government delegate that there would not be much left of the Polish nation at war's end unless the West initiated immediate reprisals against Germany.41 By the end of December 1942 ...
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