STUDIES: Anti-Jewish Incidents in the Lublin Region in the Early Years after World War II
STUDIES: Anti-Jewish Incidents in the Lublin Region in the Early Years after World War II
Author(s): Adam KopciowskiSubject(s): History
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów & IFiS PAN
Keywords: anti-Jewish incidents; anti-Semitism; the Lublin region; the People’s Republic of Poland;
Summary/Abstract: In the early years following World War II, the Lublin region was one of the most important centres of Jewish life. At the same time, during 1944-1946 it was the scene of anti-Jewish incidents: from anti-Semitic propaganda, accusation of ritual murder, economic boycott, to cases of individual or collective murder. The wave of anti-Jewish that lasted until autumn of 1946 resulted in a lengthy and, no doubt incomplete, list of 118 murdered Jews. Escalating anti-Jewish violence in the immediate post-war years was one of the main factors, albeit not the only one, to affect the demography (mass emigration) and the socio-political condition of the Jewish population in the Lublin region
Journal: Holocaust Studies and Materials
- Issue Year: 2008
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 177-205
- Page Count: 29
- Language: English
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