Language:
English
Year of publication:
1987
Titel der Quelle:
Nationalities Papers
Angaben zur Quelle:
15,1 (1987) 71-89
Keywords:
Jews History 1800-2000
Abstract:
In 1913 the Polish Peasant movement split into moderate and conservative wings; the latter, the PSL-Piast Party, sought the support of the antisemitic National Democrats. After 1918, angered by Jewish support for the Bolsheviks during the Polish-Soviet war, Piast denounced Jewish disloyalty. In 1923, Piast allied with the National Democrats and Christian Democrats calling for Polish-Catholic hegemony. Under Pilsudski, Piast was suppressed. As social tensions rose due to the Depression, the National Democrats waged a campaign blaming the Jews. Although liberal and conservative peasant groups had combined in the Peasant Party (Stronnictwo Ludowe), by 1932 they too were organizing peasant boycotts and calling for Jewish emigration. After 1935 the Peasants' movement increasingly realized that organized antisemitism benefited its rivals, the National Democrats, and the Church, whose political influence was resented by many peasants despite their Catholic faith.
Note:
Appeared also in "The Jews of Poland between Two World Wars", 1989.
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