Language:
Polish
Year of publication:
2002
Titel der Quelle:
Studia Judaica (Kraków)
Angaben zur Quelle:
5,2-6,1 (2002-2003) 131-150
Keywords:
Jews
;
Jews History 1800-2000
Abstract:
Analyzes the situation in Białystok immediately after World War I, when the two most important ethnic groups in the city were Poles and Jews. Discusses the various Jewish parties, noting that they ceased to look for compromise with the majority power and began to conduct their own policies, based on Jewish political interests. This period saw a growth in Polish nationalism. Białystok did not immediately become part of Poland after the war; its future was being discussed. Some Jewish parties preferred that the city be part of Lithuania, which caused conflict with the Poles. In the Polish nationalist press, images of Jews as communists, Bolshevik agents, or members of an international conspiracy were popular. Other conflicts were of a cultural nature (e.g. the struggle for recognition of Yiddish) or due to economic rivalry. Concludes that this period was full of conflict, but underlines that this may not be completely true since this study is based only on reports in the press.
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