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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... entire community , who were held hostage for a period of three to four months ; if the resistance killed a German in this period , these citizens would be killed in retribution . 165 Much has been said about the killing of 192 men in ...
... entire community , who were held hostage for a period of three to four months ; if the resistance killed a German in this period , these citizens would be killed in retribution . 165 Much has been said about the killing of 192 men in ...
Page 95
... entire Polish population . Every Pole was expected to follow a code of conduct in dealing with the Germans , and underground authorities established an agency which insti- tutionalized implacable hatred toward the occupier . Polish ...
... entire Polish population . Every Pole was expected to follow a code of conduct in dealing with the Germans , and underground authorities established an agency which insti- tutionalized implacable hatred toward the occupier . Polish ...
Page 128
... entire character of the University of Lwów changed during the Soviet occupation . Prior to the war , the percentage of students broke down as follows : Poles , 70 percent ; Ukrainians , 15 percent ; Jews , 15 percent . Under the Soviets ...
... entire character of the University of Lwów changed during the Soviet occupation . Prior to the war , the percentage of students broke down as follows : Poles , 70 percent ; Ukrainians , 15 percent ; Jews , 15 percent . Under the Soviets ...
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