Language:
German
Year of publication:
1998
Titel der Quelle:
1999; Zeitschrift für Sozialgeschichte des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts
Angaben zur Quelle:
13,1 (1998) 10-60
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Historiography
;
World War, 1939-1945 Collaborationists
;
Antisemitism History 1918-1945
;
Jews Persecutions 20th century
;
History
Abstract:
Describes Polish collaboration with the Nazi occupation, especially in the persecution of Jews, which has been downplayed by most historians. Antisemitism, including identification of the Jews with Bolshevism, was rife in prewar Poland, and hardly required Nazi propaganda to fuel it. While some Poles aided Jews, most were passive and even welcomed anti-Jewish measures. Poles who won recognition as "Volksdeutsche", but also many others, profited from Aryanization, from looting of property left behind by deported Jews, and from the cessation of competition with Jewish craftsmen and professionals. Many, in the cities and even more in rural areas, betrayed or blackmailed Jews in hiding. Polish police guarded the ghettos, rounded up Jews for deportation, and took part in massacres; young Poles doing compulsory labor service also participated.
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