- Summary
- "Professor Havi Dreifuss (Ben-Sasson) traces the changes in how the Polish Jews perceived their environment. Did the Jews of Poland consider their land of birth a partner in the German persecution, or did they view Poland as yet another victim of the murderous Nazi intent? When and why did the prevalent sense of brotherhood that existed at the start of the war end, only to be replaced by harsh feelings of alienation and animosity? What did the Jews write about their Polish neighbors, and in what way did the Jews' social standing influence their perception of their surroundings? How did the German policy influence the relations that were formed between the Poles and the Jews in occupied Poland? The extensive documentary material upon which Dreifuss based her research--dozens of diaries and hundreds of documents from archives in Israel and abroad--bears testimony to the fact that even under the Nazi regime, which attempted to cut off the Jews from their surroundings, Jews persisted in their contacts--both real and imagined--with Polish society, and constantly attempted to reevaluate the world around them. The diaries and documents portray the Polish Jews' conscious awareness of their environment, expose a glimpse of the realities of life in Poland, and cast light on several of the factors that directly and indirectly influenced their lives, and ultimately their deaths"--back cover.
- Uniform Title
- Anu Yehude Polin? English
אנו יהודי פולין. אנגלית
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Ben-Sasson, Havi.
- Published
- Jerusalem : Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center, 2017
©2017 All rights reserved to Yad Vashem
- Locale
- Poland
Polen
- Other Authors/Editors
- Cummings, Ora, translator.
International Institute for Holocaust Research, publisher.
Center for Research on the Holocaust in Poland, publisher.
- Notes
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"This book was published under the auspices of the Center for Research on the Holocaust in Poland, generously supported by the Aaron Gutwirth Fund and the Danek Gertner Yad Vashem Scholarship."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
