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 74
... partisans . It was not until the establishment of the Directorate of Underground Resistance , late in 1942 , that the AK formally began to organize a partisan movement subject to its authority . The Germans forced the issue in late 1942 ...
... partisans . It was not until the establishment of the Directorate of Underground Resistance , late in 1942 , that the AK formally began to organize a partisan movement subject to its authority . The Germans forced the issue in late 1942 ...
Page 80
... partisan struggle between the AK and Communists that went on in eastern Poland ( very much encouraged by the Germans ) , AK units would have the time or inclination to differentiate between Jewish and non - Jewish Communist partisans ...
... partisan struggle between the AK and Communists that went on in eastern Poland ( very much encouraged by the Germans ) , AK units would have the time or inclination to differentiate between Jewish and non - Jewish Communist partisans ...
Page 81
... 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 war not only against the Jews but also against ...
... 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 war not only against the Jews but also against ...
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