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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... government and disavowed National Dem- ocrats who agreed to sit in ... delegate instead of three for the different portions of occupied Poland ... government delegate , one observer noted that " we are in a situation today as if there ...
... government and disavowed National Dem- ocrats who agreed to sit in ... delegate instead of three for the different portions of occupied Poland ... government delegate , one observer noted that " we are in a situation today as if there ...
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... government delegate warned the Polish government - in - exile about the impact of a prolonged war on the material and moral strength of the Polish people.21 After the German defeat at Stalingrad , the inhabitants of Silesia in the ...
... government delegate warned the Polish government - in - exile about the impact of a prolonged war on the material and moral strength of the Polish people.21 After the German defeat at Stalingrad , the inhabitants of Silesia in the ...
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... government delegate proposed a detailed list of diplomatic , propaganda , and military initiatives that the Polish government should take to stop " the furor teutonicus . " Clearly , the annihilation of the Jews within the General ...
... government delegate proposed a detailed list of diplomatic , propaganda , and military initiatives that the Polish government should take to stop " the furor teutonicus . " Clearly , the annihilation of the Jews within the General ...
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