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 125
... Jews and that was all there was to it . " 14 Jews not only experienced competition for the first time from Poles in businesses they had traditionally monopolized but also witnessed efforts to reduce the percentage of Jews in the ...
... Jews and that was all there was to it . " 14 Jews not only experienced competition for the first time from Poles in businesses they had traditionally monopolized but also witnessed efforts to reduce the percentage of Jews in the ...
Page 127
... Jews , and many of these risked their lives to help Jews . 23 Several factors had a negative impact on Polish attitudes toward Jews . Until at least the latter part of 1941 , when the Germans began to exter- minate the Jews , Poles felt ...
... Jews , and many of these risked their lives to help Jews . 23 Several factors had a negative impact on Polish attitudes toward Jews . Until at least the latter part of 1941 , when the Germans began to exter- minate the Jews , Poles felt ...
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... Jews . By war's end , the president of the American Federation of Polish Jews , Józef Tennenbaum , made the unsubstantiated claim that " tens of thousands " of Poles helped the Ger- mans to exterminate Jews.68 To be sure , there were ...
... Jews . By war's end , the president of the American Federation of Polish Jews , Józef Tennenbaum , made the unsubstantiated claim that " tens of thousands " of Poles helped the Ger- mans to exterminate Jews.68 To be sure , there were ...
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