In the Shadow of the Polish Eagle: The Poles, the Holocaust and Beyond
β Scribed by Leo Cooper (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 262
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Prologue: Poland Welcomes Back Survivors β May 1946....Pages 1-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
The Dawn of the Jewish Community in Poland....Pages 9-23
Jews in the Struggle for Polish Independence....Pages 24-39
Front Matter....Pages 41-41
The Polish Eagle Spreads its Wings (1918β35)....Pages 43-63
Signs of Impending Disaster (1935β9)....Pages 64-81
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Onlookers....Pages 85-124
Looters....Pages 125-136
Polish Resistance and Collaboration....Pages 137-162
Saviours β Righteous among the Nations....Pages 163-181
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
The Last Blood Libel in Poland β Kielce 1946....Pages 185-205
Between Tragedy and Infamy β March 1968....Pages 206-223
Anti-Semitism without Jews....Pages 224-235
Epilogue: Facing the Past....Pages 236-245
Back Matter....Pages 246-255
β¦ Subjects
European History; Modern History; History of World War II and the Holocaust; Jewish Cultural Studies; Judaism
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