Akcja dyplomatyczna rządu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej na uchodźstwie w celu ratowania przed zagładą więźniów KL Auschwitz w fazie likwidacji obozu w świetle akt brytyjskiego Ministerstwa Spraw Zagranicznych
Diplomatic Action of the Polish Government in Exile to Rescue KL Auschwitz Prisoners during the Liquidation of the Camp in the Light of the Documents of the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Author(s): Franciszek PiperSubject(s): Military history, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: KL Auschwitz; World War II; Holocaust; Polish government in exile towards the Holocaust; Polish Resistance Movement
Summary/Abstract: he article presents the efforts of the Polish underground and diplomatic activities of the Polish government in London aimed at forcing the governments of the US and Great Britain with the support of other governments of the anti-Hitler coalition to issue a warning to the Germans against the effects of the murder of KL Auschwitz prisoners in the face of the approaching eastern front. As a result of the warning issued on 10 October 1944, Germany abandoned the murder of 7,000 prisoners who were unable to walk (mainly Jews, but also Poles and prisoners of other nationalities).
Journal: Dzieje Najnowsze
- Issue Year: 51/2019
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 211-232
- Page Count: 22
- Language: Polish