Language:
Polish
Year of publication:
1997
Titel der Quelle:
BZIH
Angaben zur Quelle:
182 (1997) 49-57
Keywords:
Antisemitism History 1945-
Abstract:
States that there is no documentation on overt violent acts against the Jews during the Stalinist period in Poland. This can be explained by the repressive system in that period, when antisemitism was considered an infraction of the law and was punished. However, antisemitic expressions can be found in many reports on public opinion and in letters written to radio stations, newspapers, and the Central Committee of the Workers' Party. The Jews were perceived as first-class citizens able to attain any social position, people who have the best apartments and a lot of money, who control most enterprises, who do not like physical work, and who exhibit solidarity and promote each other. Concludes that commentaries on the elite governing Poland strengthened the myth of a "Żydokomuna", and that antisemitism after 1956 was not something invented by politicians as a "political tool" in the struggle for power. It was strongly rooted in the minds of many people in relation to political realities in Poland.
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