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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Page 74
The name Jędrusie became so popular that in many places in Poland it became
a synonym for partisans . ... of the Directorate of Underground Resistance , late in
1942 , that the AK formally began to organize a partisan movement subject to its ...
The name Jędrusie became so popular that in many places in Poland it became
a synonym for partisans . ... of the Directorate of Underground Resistance , late in
1942 , that the AK formally began to organize a partisan movement subject to its ...
Page 79
... logical place to go was the forest . When Jews went there , they usually found
and joined partisan units organized by the Soviets and the GLIAL , not the AK ,
because for a long time the AK did not place the priority on partisan warfare that it
...
... logical place to go was the forest . When Jews went there , they usually found
and joined partisan units organized by the Soviets and the GLIAL , not the AK ,
because for a long time the AK did not place the priority on partisan warfare that it
...
Page 80
In the beginning , the attitude of the local peasants to the ( Jewish ] partisans was
fairly tolerant and they supplied the ... This attitude can most likely be viewed as a
result of the Home Army ' s decision not to tolerate a new partisan force ...
In the beginning , the attitude of the local peasants to the ( Jewish ] partisans was
fairly tolerant and they supplied the ... This attitude can most likely be viewed as a
result of the Home Army ' s decision not to tolerate a new partisan force ...
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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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