Antisemitism And Its Opponents In Modern Poland
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Antisemitism And Its Opponents In Modern Poland
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Author : Robert Blobaum
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2005
Antisemitism And Its Opponents In Modern Poland written by Robert Blobaum and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
Antisemitism and Its Opponents in Modern Poland serves as an effective guide to some of the most complex and controversial issues of Poland's troubled past. Fourteen original essays by a team of distinguished Polish and American scholars explore the different meanings, forms of expression, content, and social range of antisemitism in modern Poland from the late nineteenth century to the present. The contributors focus on both the variations in antisemitic sentiment and those Poles who opposed such prejudices. Central themes of this significant, balanced, and timely contribution to a contentious and often emotional debate include the deterioration of Polish-Jewish relations in the era of national awakening for both the Poles and the Jews, the meaning of the various forms of violence against the Jews, intellectual movements in opposition to antisemitism, the role of the Catholic Church in promoting antisemitism, and the prospects for the Church to atone for this shameful chapter in its recent history.
Against Anti Semitism
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Author : Adam Michnik
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017-11-28
Against Anti Semitism written by Adam Michnik and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-28 with History categories.
Poland's relationship with its Jewish population has long been a subject of often agonizing debate. In September 1939, there were approximately 3.3 million Jews living in Poland, the largest population in Europe. In May 1945, between 40,000 and 60,000 remained. Most of the Nazi death camps had been located on Polish soil. The intertwined issues of wartime complicity and victimhood haunt Poland to this day, complicated by the unavoidable fact that anti-Semitism in Poland existed well before the outbreak of the Second World War, and has existed long after it. The deadly Kielce Pogrom in July 1946 appalled the world, since its victims were precisely those Jews who had miraculously survived annihilation. And while with the years physical violence against Jews diminished-if only because there were not many at whom to direct it-anti-Semitism has remained no less virulent, emerging as a force in Polish politics, religious life, and in society at large. A study undertaken in 2002 determined that one in nine Poles believed the Jews collectively responsible for the crucifixion of Christ. One in four claimed that Jews were secretly plotting to rule the world. Is anti-Semitism integral to Polish identity? Nowhere has this question been more the cause of soul-searching than in Poland itself. In this volume, Adam Michnik, one of Poland's foremost writers and intellectuals, and Agnieszka Marczyk have brought together the most significant essays of the twentieth century written by prominent Poles on Polish anti-Semitism, including by such writers and intellectuals as Czeslaw Milosz, Leszek Kolakowski, Jerzy Andrzejewski, and Tadeusz Mazowiecki. Taken from a three-volume original Polish edition, 3,000 pages in length and containing 320 entries, the essays, most of which have been translated into English here for the first time by Marczyk, resonate with Michnik's central argument-that anti-Semitism is not a given of Polish culture. It has been consistently challenged and rejected. Taken together, through their collective courage and wisdom, expressed even in moments when reason seemed lost, these essays and their authors remind readers not only of the destructive and self-destructive elements of anti-Semitism, but of the necessity of combatting it in all of its forms. Even some of the darkest parts of Polish history have produced moments of illumination.
Rethinking Poles And Jews
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Author : Robert Cherry
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 2007-06-07
Rethinking Poles And Jews written by Robert Cherry and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-07 with History categories.
Since Polish Catholics embraced some anti-Jewish notions and actions prior to WWII, many intertwined the Nazi death camps in Poland with Polish anti-Semitism. As a result, more so than local non-Jewish population in other Nazi-occupied countries, Polish Catholics were considered active collaborators in the destruction of European Jewry. Through the presentation of these negative images in Holocaust literature, documentaries, and teaching, these stereotypes have been sustained and infect attitudes toward contemporary Poland, impacting on Jewish youth trips there from Israel and the United States. This book focuses on the role of Holocaust-related material in perpetuating anti-Polish images and describes organizational efforts to combat them. Without minimizing contemporary Polish anti-Semitism, it also presents more positive material on contemporary Polish-American organizations and Jewish life in Poland. To our knowledge this will be the first book to document systematically the anti-Polish images in Holocaust material, to describe ongoing efforts to combat these negative stereotypes, and to emphasize the positive role of the Polish Catholic community in the resurgence of Jewish life in Poland. Thus, this book will present new information that will be of value to Holocaust Studies and the 100,000 annual foreign visitors to the German death camps in Poland.
Neutralizing Memory
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Author : Iwona Irwin-Zarecka
language : en
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Release Date : 1990-01-01
Neutralizing Memory written by Iwona Irwin-Zarecka and has been published by Transaction Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-01-01 with Social Science categories.
This exploration of the texture of contemporary Polish-Jewish relations has its origins in the author's haunting experience of growing up Polish and Jewish in Warsaw in the 1960s. It began with questions about silence: the silence of Jewish parents and the silence of once-Jewish towns, the silence in Auschwitz and the silence about anti-Semitism. But when the author went to Europe in 1983 to work on the project that resulted in this book, Poland was in the midst of preparation for a grand commemoration of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. From all parts of the political spectrum came calls to remember and to honor Polish Jews, to reexamine and to reassess the past. In effect, Poland was inviting the Jew into its household of memories. What did such an invitation mean? And what accounted for the timing? This vividly written account of the people, the politics, the goals, and the obstacles behind words of remembrance in Poland is an example of cultural sociology at its best. The author draws on a combination of textual readings, interviews, and historical analyses. The book's main strength, is its continuous dialogue between analyst and insider, between knowledge and experience. Into a field where cognitive and emotional imprints make all the difference, the author brings unique appreciation of the power they hold; she has shared them. Into a field where partisanship -so often passes for objectivity, she brings openly stated commitment. And into a field where particularism of concerns so often deadlocks understanding, she brings much-needed broadening of vision. Students of modern Jewish history will find this volume an informative analysis of the past and present roles assigned to the Jew in Poland. Students of contemporary Poland will find new perspectives on its struggles for a democratic society. And for those concerned with how one reconciles one's self and one's history, Neutralizing Memory offers an empirically based reflection on the construction and deconstruction of remembrance.
The Catholic Church And Antisemitism
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Author : Ronald E. Modras
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2000
The Catholic Church And Antisemitism written by Ronald E. Modras and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Antisemitism categories.
This book examines how, following Vatican policy, Polish church leaders resisted separation of church and state in the name of Catholic culture. In that struggle, every assimilated Jew served as both a symbol and a potential agent of security.
Poland S Threatening Other
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Author : Joanna B. Michlic
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2006-12-01
Poland S Threatening Other written by Joanna B. Michlic and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-12-01 with History categories.
In this provocative and insightful book, Joanna Beata Michlic interrogates the myth of the Jew as Poland's foremost internal "threatening other," harmful to Poland, its people, and to all aspects of its national life. This is the first attempt to chart new theoretical directions in the study of Polish-Jewish relations in the wake of the controversy over Jan Gross's book Neighbors. Michlic analyzes the nature and impact of anti-Jewish prejudices on modern Polish society and culture, tracing the history of the concept of the Jew as the threatening other and its role in the formation and development of modern Polish national identity based on the matrix of exclusivist ethnic nationalism.
Bondage To The Dead
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Author : Michael C. Steinlauf
language : en
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Release Date : 1997
Bondage To The Dead written by Michael C. Steinlauf and has been published by Syracuse University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Drama categories.
Polish-Jewish relations, rather good in pre-partition Poland, deteriorated in the mid-19th century, and even more in the Second Republic (1919-39) with its exclusivist nationalism. The wartime period was marked by strong anti-Jewish moods in Poland; antisemitism was a "legitimate" stance within the resistance movement. However, many Poles helped Jews. Between 1944-48 Polish rulers conducted politics favorable toward Jews, but they used the Jewish issue as a tool in their struggle against the old elite, which whipped up anti-Jewish sentiments. In the 1950s-60s the Holocaust was increasingly de-Judaized in Polish discourse; after 1968, when Poland engaged in the anti-Zionist campaign, Jews ceased to be mentioned at all. The genocide of the Jews began to be discussed in Poland only after 1978; the Solidarity movement used its memory in its struggle against the government. At the same time, popular antisemitism re-emerged. Now, many Poles object to what they see as over-emphasis of Jewish suffering and neglect of non-Jewish suffering under the Nazis.
Hostages Of Modernization
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Author : Herbert Arthur Strauss
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 1993
Hostages Of Modernization written by Herbert Arthur Strauss and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with History categories.
Unequal Victims
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Author : Israel Gutman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Unequal Victims written by Israel Gutman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with History categories.
Denies the claim that Poles and Jews in occupied Poland were in a similar position and that, as a result, the Poles were unable to help the persecuted Jews. Their failure to help the Jews arose from prewar antisemitic attitudes. Many Poles benefited from Jewish abandoned property and the elimination of economic competition, and public satisfaction with German policy was reported by the Delegate's office, the representative of the exiled Polish government. Neither the office nor the Polish underground leadership included Jewish representatives. The Sikorski government in London, more sensitive to Western opinion, included two Jewish representatives and made declarations condemning the mass murder of Jews but gave little material help, partly due to pressure by extremist right-wing groups. Other chapters discuss the Council for Aid to Jews (Żegota), antisemitism in the Anders Army, and antisemitism and pogroms after the liberation.
Philo Semitic And Anti Jewish Attitudes In Post Holocaust Poland
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Author : Marion Mushkat
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Philo Semitic And Anti Jewish Attitudes In Post Holocaust Poland written by Marion Mushkat and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with History categories.
Surveys traditions of antisemitism and philosemitism in Poland from the Enlightenment period. Focuses on these trends in the post-World War II period. Against the political background of the legacy of Stalinism and its impact on the persistence of antisemitism, discusses a variety of opinions on the "Jewish issue, " both in Poland and abroad, in writings by Poles and Jews of various political orientations, including the attitude of the Polish Catholic Church. Among other topics, deals with the antisemitic campaign of 1968, the growth of interest in Jewish matters in the 1980s, and antisemitism in the post-communist period.