“Understandably, we are staying put.” He-Chalutz activists faced with the prospect of escaping from occupied Poland Cover Image

„Zrozumiałe, że zostajemy na miejscu”. Działacze chalucowi wobec perspektywy ucieczki z okupowanej Polski
“Understandably, we are staying put.” He-Chalutz activists faced with the prospect of escaping from occupied Poland

Author(s): Maria Ferenc
Subject(s): Jewish studies, Political history, Social history, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), History of the Holocaust
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów & IFiS PAN
Keywords: youth movements; Jewish National Committee; Warsaw Ghetto; Hungary; Slovakia;

Summary/Abstract: The letters and dispatches featured here were sent by members of the Jewish underground to their comrades and allies outside of occupied Poland. They offer valuable insight into the history of the Jewish underground from June 1943 to March 1944. The letters and dispatches were sent on behalf of the Jewish National Committee, which coordinated the activities of various organizations, as well as by activists of specific political movements. The correspondence is currently stored in various archival collections, and the common theme among the published documents is the effort to seek rescue for Jews who survived the second phase of the Holocaust. The author discusses the escapes from occupied Poland through Slovakia and Hungary and on to Mandate Palestine in the introduction as one of the rescue methods, accessible only to a few Jews.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 472-521
  • Page Count: 50
  • Language: Polish
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