Language:
English
Year of publication:
1999
Titel der Quelle:
Polin; Studies in Polish Jewry
Angaben zur Quelle:
12 (1999) 271-283
Keywords:
Narodowa Democracja (Poland)
;
Antisemitism History 1800-2000
Abstract:
Surveys the development of Endecja's antisemitic ideology from the end of the 19th century to 1930, emphasizing the differences between the Polish nationalist movement and Western nationalism and antisemitism. Examines Roman Dmowski's antisemitic writings and actions at the beginning of the 20th century, and the growth of nationalism during and after World War I. Dmowski was convinced that the Jewish population was not interested in Polish aspirations for national independence. He believed in the dominant role of the Jews in international politics and in their widespread support for the Soviet revolution. Integral nationalism, which developed in the 1930s and which rejected the Jew as a "stranger", was also based on the conviction that assimilation of the Jews was impossible. The Endecja proposed mass emigration as the solution to the "Jewish question". Concludes that the effect of Endecja propaganda on Polish society is sometimes exaggerated; traditional social distance between the groups played a more important role.
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