Language:
Polish
Year of publication:
2000
Titel der Quelle:
BŻIH
Angaben zur Quelle:
195 (2000) 329-341
Keywords:
Jews Historiography
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
;
Christianity and other religions Judaism 1945-
;
History
;
Judaism Relations 1945-
;
Christianity
Abstract:
A paper delivered at the conference "Europe under Nazi Rule and the Holocaust" (Warsaw, 1999). Publications written in the immediate postwar period asserted that most of the clergy were involved in saving Jews. The publications of the 1960s had a strongly political character; the first scholarly works appeared only in the 1970s. However, even after the abolition of censorship in 1989, the research on this subject is somehow a continuation of the previous periods due to problematic Polish-Jewish relations. Some historians adopted an attitude of defending the image of Poles against their portrayal by their enemies (Jews). Concludes that up to now the "heroic" image of the clergy is maintained without explication of their various attitudes during the war. This subject requires more detailed research, although it is very difficult due to lack of archival materials. Contends that the attitudes of the clergy reflected their own personal convictions rather than an organized effort on the part of the Church.
Note:
With an English summary.
,
An expanded version appeared in German as "Die Kirche in Polen und der Mord an den Juden im Licht der polnischen Publizistik und Historiographie nach 1945" in "Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung" 51,2 (2002) 188-215.
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