Language:
German
Year of publication:
2004
Titel der Quelle:
Jahrbuch für Antisemitismusforschung
Angaben zur Quelle:
13 (2004) 15-35
Keywords:
Jews
;
Antisemitism History 1800-2000
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Christianity and antisemitism History 1800-2000
;
Church history 20th century
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Abstract:
The bishop of the Łomża diocese in the 1930s-40s, Stanisław Łukomski, as well as a majority of the priests were antisemites and supporters of the Endecja. Łukomski agitated for the exclusion of Jewish students and teachers from Polish schools and for boycott of Jewish businesses. He saw Jews as a danger to Poland who should be made to emigrate. The Catholic press highlighted alleged Jewish criminality and blamed Jews for all evils. Not only did it not condemn pogroms, but it took the side of the ringleaders when they were put on trial. However, contends that antisemitic violence in 1941 was caused not so much by the stereotypes cultivated over the years by the Church, but rather by more recent experiences leading to the identification of the Jews with the Soviet occupation. When pogroms broke out after the Soviet withdrawal, some priests in the diocese tried to defend the Jews. Little is known about the reaction of the priest in Jedwabne; the priest in Radziłów refused the Jews any assistance. The evidence on Bishop Łukomski's reaction to the pogroms and the Holocaust is inconclusive.
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