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Relations between Jews and poles during the Holocaust : the Jewish perspective

Title: Relations between Jews and poles during the Holocaust : the Jewish perspective / Havi Dreifuss (Ben-sasson) ; translated from the Hebrew by Ora Cummings.
Author: Ben-Sasson, Havi
Publication: Jerusalem : Yad Vashem, the International Institute for Holocaust Research, the Center for Research on the Holocaust in Poland, [2017]

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304 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"Professor Havi Dreifuss (Ben-Sasson) traces the changes in how the Polish Jews perceived their environment. Did the Jews of Poland consider their land of birth a partner in the German persecution, or did they view Poland as yet another victim of the murderous Nazi intent? When and why did the prevalent sense of brotherhood that existed at the start of the war end, only to be replaced by harsh feelings of alienation and animosity? What did the Jews write about their Polish neighbors, and in what way did the Jews' social standing influence their perception of their surroundings? How did the German policy influence the relations that were formed between the Poles and the Jews in occupied Poland? The extensive documentary material upon which Dreifuss based her research--dozens of diaries and hundreds of documents from archives in Israel and abroad--bears testimony to the fact that even under the Nazi regime, which attempted to cut off the Jews from their surroundings, Jews persisted in their contacts--both real and imagined--with Polish society, and constantly attempted to reevaluate the world around them. The diaries and documents portray the Polish Jews' conscious awareness of their environment, expose a glimpse of the realities of life in Poland, and cast light on several of the factors that directly and indirectly influenced their lives, and ultimately their deaths"--back cover.

Uniform Title

Polin u-Polanim be-ʻene Yehude Polin bi-teḳufat Milḥemet ha-ʻolam ha-sheniyah (1939-1944). English

Alternative Title

Polin u-Polanim be-ʻene Yehude Polin bi-teḳufat Milḥemet ha-ʻolam ha-sheniyah (1939-1944).

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Genre/Form

History.

Note

"This book was published under the auspices of the Center for Research on the Holocaust in Poland, generously supported by the Aaron Gutwirth Fund and the Danek Gertner Yad Vashem Scholarship."

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-297) and index.

Contents

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter one: Poland and Poles through the eyes of the country's Jews during the defensive war: the creation of an image -- Chapter two: the beginning of the German Occupation of Poland: establishing a positive image of Poland and the Poles in the cities and villages -- Chapter three: the Polish image during the ghetto period: forced disconnection and reinforcing the image -- Chapter four: confronting annihilation: shattering the image -- Summary and conclusion -- Appendixes -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN

9789653085244
9653085247

LCCN

2020460371

OCLC

on1267404150
1267404150
SCSB-14404741

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library