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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77 After two years of fanatical efforts , the percentage of Germans in this area
increased only slightly . Little wonder , then , that German officials conceded
failure by saying that real colonization efforts of Polish lands would not begin until
after ...
77 After two years of fanatical efforts , the percentage of Germans in this area
increased only slightly . Little wonder , then , that German officials conceded
failure by saying that real colonization efforts of Polish lands would not begin until
after ...
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134 There were large numbers of Poles who perished in their efforts to save
Jews . Representative samples include the killing of 200 people in Berecz and
Podiwanówka , 25 in Kłobuczyn , 43 in Bór Kunowski , 13 in Stoczek Węgrowski ,
25 in ...
134 There were large numbers of Poles who perished in their efforts to save
Jews . Representative samples include the killing of 200 people in Berecz and
Podiwanówka , 25 in Kłobuczyn , 43 in Bór Kunowski , 13 in Stoczek Węgrowski ,
25 in ...
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The entire effort , allegedly undertaken at Berling ' s own initiative , failed , and
the Polish general was relieved of his ... Before Berling ' s troops attempted to
force the Vistula , Bór tried to coordinate efforts with Rokossovsky on September
11 .
The entire effort , allegedly undertaken at Berling ' s own initiative , failed , and
the Polish general was relieved of his ... Before Berling ' s troops attempted to
force the Vistula , Bór tried to coordinate efforts with Rokossovsky on September
11 .
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Contents
The Polish Government and the Origins of the Underground | 40 |
The Military Underground in Operation | 61 |
CHAPTER FOUR | 95 |
Copyright | |
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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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