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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... responsibility over Poland failed . 34 Britain and the United States obviously did not want to interfere in an area ... responsible for the atrocity , but at the time no one in the West could be absolutely certain who was guilty ; if ...
... responsibility over Poland failed . 34 Britain and the United States obviously did not want to interfere in an area ... responsible for the atrocity , but at the time no one in the West could be absolutely certain who was guilty ; if ...
Page 128
... responsible for increasing anti - Semitism in Poland during the war . In these circumstances , many Poles did not understand and were even critical of the pro - Jewish declarations during these early years of the Polish govern- ment ...
... responsible for increasing anti - Semitism in Poland during the war . In these circumstances , many Poles did not understand and were even critical of the pro - Jewish declarations during these early years of the Polish govern- ment ...
Page 132
... responsibility for the advancement of Poland's cause . " 943 Later , after the Polish army had been evacuated to the ... responsible for excluding Jews from the evacuation on the grounds that they were Soviet , not Polish , citizens.46 ...
... responsibility for the advancement of Poland's cause . " 943 Later , after the Polish army had been evacuated to the ... responsible for excluding Jews from the evacuation on the grounds that they were Soviet , not Polish , citizens.46 ...
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