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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Upon Piłsudksi's death , Jews joined Poles in mourning the death of a man many Jews called “ Father ” ( Ojciec ) .20 Attempts by the post - Piłsudski regime , the Sanacja , to broaden its power base by appeals to anti - Semitism did not ...
Upon Piłsudksi's death , Jews joined Poles in mourning the death of a man many Jews called “ Father ” ( Ojciec ) .20 Attempts by the post - Piłsudski regime , the Sanacja , to broaden its power base by appeals to anti - Semitism did not ...
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Though Namier acknowledged there was anti - Semitic feeling among Poles , especially in the army , he did not believe it was reasonable to expect the Polish government to do more than it was already doing to deal with the problem .
Though Namier acknowledged there was anti - Semitic feeling among Poles , especially in the army , he did not believe it was reasonable to expect the Polish government to do more than it was already doing to deal with the problem .
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In one order to the officers of the Polish army , Kukiel admitted the existence of anti - Semitic behavior in the ... the Polish National Council.63 Kukiel met regularly with representatives of the Jewish press in Britain , reaching a ...
In one order to the officers of the Polish army , Kukiel admitted the existence of anti - Semitic behavior in the ... the Polish National Council.63 Kukiel met regularly with representatives of the Jewish press in Britain , reaching a ...
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| Title | The Forgotten Holocaust: The Poles Under German Occupation, 1939-1944 |
| Author | Richard C. Lukas |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | University Press of Kentucky, 1986 |
| ISBN | 0813115663, 9780813115665 |
| Length | 300 pages |
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