Attitudes of Young Poles Toward Jews in Post-1989 Poland
Attitudes of Young Poles Toward Jews in Post-1989 Poland
Author(s): Jolanta Ambrosewicz-JacobsSubject(s): Political history, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Fascism, Nazism and WW II, History of the Holocaust, Post-Communist Transformation, History of Antisemitism, Sociology of Politics, Identity of Collectives
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: Poland; post-1989; Jews in Poland; collective memory; holocaust; attitudes of Poles toward Jews;
Summary/Abstract: For over nine centuries before the outbreak of the Second World War, Poland was a multiethnic country. Jews in Poland constituted the largest Jewish community in Europe, the second largest in the world, and 10% of Poland's population. Their history on Polish soil goes back as far as Poland's history does. The destruction of European Jewry took place in Poland, and Jewish Polish citizens were victims of the Holocaust. Later, communist ideology denied the existence of ethnic differences between people. History was suppressed; many sites and events were erased from the collective memory. New narratives were supplied; new history books were written. [...]
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 14/2000
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 565-596
- Page Count: 32
- Language: English
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