Poland's Holocaust: Ethnic Strife, Collaboration with Occupying Forces and Genocide in the Second Republic, 1918-1947

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"fills the gap"

Polish American Journal
"an excellent book"

The Sarmatian Review
"a valuable contribution"

Choice
"extensive index, table of abbreviations, appendix, and profuse documentation. All college and public libraries"

News of Poland
"a clear, detailed textbook on Poland's Holocaust.... The book is an excellent source for students, as well as a valuable resource on Polish history...a must"

Polis Library News
"impressive research...painstakingly relates how each ethnic group behaved"

periphery
"[of] permanent value is Piotrowski's effort to make clear this dark and murky field as well as make more comprehensible the controversies pertaining to the last 100 years of East Central European history"

Book Description
Based on primary and secondary sources in numerous languages (including Polish, German, Ukrainian, Belorussian, Russian and English).

About the Author
A native of Volhynia, Tadeusz Piotrowski and his family lived under both the Soviet and the German occupations of Poland's eastern territories until August 1943. He is a professor of sociology at the University of New Hampshire at Manchester where he received the Distinguished Professor Award for 1996-97. He is also the author of Vengeance of the Swallows (1995, winner of the Cultural Achievement Award from the American Council for Polish Culture).


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With the end of World War I, a new Republic of Poland emerged on the maps of Europe, made up of some of the territory from the first Polish Republic, including Wolyn and Wilno, and significant parts of Belarus, Upper Silesia, Eastern Galicia, and East Prussia. The resulting conglomeration of ethnic groups left many substantial minorities wanting independence. The approach of World War II provided the minorities￯﾿ﾽ leaders a new opportunity in their nationalist movements, and many sided with one or the other of Poland￯﾿ﾽs two enemies￯﾿ﾽthe Soviet Union and Nazi Germany￯﾿ﾽin hopes of achieving their goals at the expense of Poland and its people. Based on primary and secondary sources in numerous languages (including Polish, German, Ukrainian, Belorussian, Russian and English), this work examines the roles of the ethnic minorities in the collapse of the Republic and in the atrocities that occurred under the occupying troops. The Polish government￯﾿ﾽs response to mounting ethnic tensions in the prewar era and its conduct of the war effort are also examined.


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