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 119
... problem and created a separate branch of its organi- zation to propagandize against it . One of Żegota's ... problem did not assume significant proportions.114 Testimony to the role of the underground in trying to com- bat the problem of ...
... problem and created a separate branch of its organi- zation to propagandize against it . One of Żegota's ... problem did not assume significant proportions.114 Testimony to the role of the underground in trying to com- bat the problem of ...
Page 120
... problems with which to deal , revealed a sensitivity to the problem and tried to deal with it . Their record in pursuing blackmailers of Jews compares favorably with what they tried to do in tracking down the blackmailers of Poles who ...
... problems with which to deal , revealed a sensitivity to the problem and tried to deal with it . Their record in pursuing blackmailers of Jews compares favorably with what they tried to do in tracking down the blackmailers of Poles who ...
Page 222
... problems which have yet to be dealt with before convincing accounts of the Poles and Jews during the Holo- caust can be produced . Some Jewish writers themselves have indicated part of the problem when they describe the manuscripts ...
... problems which have yet to be dealt with before convincing accounts of the Poles and Jews during the Holo- caust can be produced . Some Jewish writers themselves have indicated part of the problem when they describe the manuscripts ...
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