Pogrom cries : essays on Polish-Jewish history, 1939-1946 / Joanna Tokarska-Bakir.
Joanna Tokarska-Bakir author
Book| Title |
An AL unit and its attitude toward Jews : the trial of Tadeusz Maj. |
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| Host Item |
Yad Vashem Studies 40,1 (2012) 75-118 |
| Description |
Dismisses the view that, in contrast with the nationalist Armia Krajowa and Narodowe Siły Zbrojne, left-wing groups such as the communist-led Gwardia Ludowa and its successor Armia Ludowa (AL) were in principle friendly toward the Jews. Examines the court cases of Tadeusz Maj and other members of the left-wing "Świt" unit affiliated with the AL, who after the war were accused of murders of Jews who had fled from Nazi camps to the forests of the Kielce region. The investigation of the murders started in 1948, while the trials of Maj and another defendant, Jan Kozieł, both accused of robbing and killing Jews during the war, opened only in 1954. The proceeding was launched following a factional power struggle in the Polish communist leadership at this time. Maj tried to defend himself by mentioning orders of his superiors and the influence of the prewar antisemitic Sanacja regime's propaganda on him. The materials from the trials of Maj and other members of "Świt" show how intense antisemitic sentiments were among the AL soldiers they also show that Maj's superiors, if not responsible for the murders, were at least indifferent to them. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) In English and Hebrew. |
| Language |
English |
| Credits |
באדיבות יש ושם – רשות הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה Courtesy of Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center |
| National Library system number |
990005220630705171 |
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באדיבות יש ושם – רשות הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה Courtesy of Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
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