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 95
... RESISTANCE AND COLLABORATION Civilian resistance to the Germans was widespread and involved virtually the entire Polish population . Every Pole was expected to follow a code of conduct in dealing with the Germans , and underground ...
... RESISTANCE AND COLLABORATION Civilian resistance to the Germans was widespread and involved virtually the entire Polish population . Every Pole was expected to follow a code of conduct in dealing with the Germans , and underground ...
Page 174
... resistance fighters.85 Polish cooperation initi- ated with the Jews was tentative and reserved . In December , the Poles gave only ten pistols and a small amount of ammunition to the Jews . In order not to deepen Polish suspicions about ...
... resistance fighters.85 Polish cooperation initi- ated with the Jews was tentative and reserved . In December , the Poles gave only ten pistols and a small amount of ammunition to the Jews . In order not to deepen Polish suspicions about ...
Page 241
... Resistance in Nazi - Occupied Europe , 572 . 52. Weydenthal , Communists of Poland , 26-27 ; Dawidowicz , War against the Jews , 263 . 53. Ainsztein , Jewish Resistance in Nazi - Occupied Europe , 572 ; Duraczyń- ski , Wojna i Okupacja ...
... Resistance in Nazi - Occupied Europe , 572 . 52. Weydenthal , Communists of Poland , 26-27 ; Dawidowicz , War against the Jews , 263 . 53. Ainsztein , Jewish Resistance in Nazi - Occupied Europe , 572 ; Duraczyń- ski , Wojna i Okupacja ...
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