Language:
Polish
Year of publication:
2003
Titel der Quelle:
Ortodoksja, emancypacja, asymilacja
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2003) 119-140
Keywords:
Jews History 19th century
;
Pogroms History 19th century
;
Jews History 19th century
Abstract:
In the late 19th century the tsarist police controlled all the inhabitants of the Kingdom of Poland and attempted to uncover enemies of the Russian Empire. The Jewish and German minorities were perceived as politically neutral, not as revolutionary elements. However, a survey of police reports shows that the Jews were described in an antisemitic way, and that the police often used antisemitic expressions popular among Poles. The reports stress that the Poles are exploited and demoralized by the Jews, and that this factor is the main cause of tensions between Poles and Jews. Pogroms which erupted in Poland in 1881-82 were described in the reports as outbursts of rage amongst the Poles, who "resolved" their problem with the Jewish population in the same way as the Russians did. The tsarist police rejected accusations in the Polish press that the pogroms were provoked by the Russians; the police reports do not show Russian provocation of the pogroms which broke out in Warsaw and other localities.
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