Between Nazis and Soviets : occupation politics in Poland, 1939-1947 / Marek Jan Chodakiewicz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chodakiewicz, Marek Jan, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.

Poland.

History.

Poland--History--1945-1980.

Physical Description:

xii, 499 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2004]

Summary:

Between 1939 and 1947 the county of Jan-w Lubelski, an agricultural area in central Poland, experienced successive occupations by Nazi Germany (1939-44) and the Soviet Union (1944-47). During each period the population, including the Polish majority and the Jewish, Ukrainian, and German minorities, reacted with a combination of accommodation, collaboration, and resistance. In this remarkably detailed and revealing study, Marek Jan Chodakiewicz analyzes and describes the responses of the inhabitants of occupied Jan-w to the policies of the ruling powers. Casting new light on social dynamics within occupied Poland during and after World War II, Between Nazis and Soviets yields valuable insight for scholars of conflict studies.

Contents:

On the eve, 1914-39

The local elite and the German authorities, 1939-44

The Polish majority under Nazi rule, 1939-44

Ethnic minorities under Nazi rule, 1939-44

The independentists and their enemies, 1939-47

The local elite under Soviet occupation, 1944-47

The Polish majority under Soviet occupation, 1944-47

Ethnic minorities under Soviet occupation, 1944-47

Accomodation and resistance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-491) and index.

ISBN:

0739104845

OCLC:

52595248