The Forgotten Holocaust: The Poles Under German Occupation, 1939-1944The revised edition includes a short history of ZEGOTA, the underground government organisation working to save the Jews, and an annotated listing of many Poles executed by the Germans for trying to shelter and save Jews. |
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though my father was assimilated , all the executives in his factory and ninety
percent of his workers were Jewish . ... 14 Jews not only experienced competition
for the first time from Poles in businesses they had traditionally monopolized but ...
though my father was assimilated , all the executives in his factory and ninety
percent of his workers were Jewish . ... 14 Jews not only experienced competition
for the first time from Poles in businesses they had traditionally monopolized but ...
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These people either feared becoming actively involved in aiding Jews because
of the risk of the death penalty the Germans automatically imposed on Poles who
helped Jews — Poland was the only occupied country where this was done — or
...
These people either feared becoming actively involved in aiding Jews because
of the risk of the death penalty the Germans automatically imposed on Poles who
helped Jews — Poland was the only occupied country where this was done — or
...
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appointed minister of the treasury by Mikołajczyk , was attacked by some Jewish
newspapers because he was an assimilationist . ... 67 This only encouraged
such groups as the Representation of Polish Jews in Tel Aviv , whose
intemperate ...
appointed minister of the treasury by Mikołajczyk , was attacked by some Jewish
newspapers because he was an assimilationist . ... 67 This only encouraged
such groups as the Representation of Polish Jews in Tel Aviv , whose
intemperate ...
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Contents
FOREWORD by Norman Davies ix | 1 |
CHAPTER | 40 |
CHAPTER THREE | 61 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Forgotten Holocaust: The Poles Under German Occupation, 1939-1944 |
| Author | Richard C. Lukas |
| Edition | 2, reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Hippocrene Books, 2001 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 0781809010, 9780781809016 |
| Length | 358 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Holocaust History / Military / World War II |
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