The neighbors respond : the controversy over the Jedwabne Massacre in Poland / edited by Antony Polonsky and Joanna B. Michlic.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Polonsky, Antony.

Michlic, Joanna B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gross, Jan Tomasz. Sąsiedzi.

Gross, Jan Tomasz.

Jews--Persecutions--Poland--Jedwabne.

Jews.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Moral and ethical aspects--Poland--Jedwabne.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Antisemitism--Poland--Jedwabne--History--20th century.

Antisemitism.

Jedwabne (Poland)--Ethnic relations.

Jedwabne (Poland).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (503 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Neighbors--Jan Gross's stunning account of the brutal mass murder of the Jews of Jedwabne by their Polish neighbors--was met with international critical acclaim and was a finalist for the National Book Award in the United States. It has also been, from the moment of its publication, the occasion of intense controversy and painful reckoning. This book captures some of the most important voices in the ensuing debate, including those of residents of Jedwabne itself as well as those of journalists, intellectuals, politicians, Catholic clergy, and historians both within and well beyond Poland's borders. Antony Polonsky and Joanna Michlic introduce the debate, focusing particularly on how Neighbors rubbed against difficult old and new issues of Polish social memory and national identity. The editors then present a variety of Polish voices grappling with the role of the massacre and of Polish-Jewish relations in Polish history. They include samples of the various strategies used by Polish intellectuals and political elites as they have attempted to deal with their country's dark past, to overcome the legacy of the Holocaust, and to respond to Gross's book. The Neighbors Respond makes the debate over Neighbors available to an English-speaking audience--and is an excellent tool for bringing the discussion into the classroom. It constitutes an engrossing contribution to modern Jewish history, to our understanding of Polish modern history and identity, and to our bank of Holocaust memory.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Part I. The Initial Reporting

Burnt Offering Rzeczpospolita, 5 May 2 0 0 0 / Kaczyński, Andrzej

The Blood of Jedwabne / Szczęsna, Gabriela

In Memory and Admonition / Kaczyńska, Maria

Part II. The Moral Debate

Prophecies are Being Fulfilled / Kossak-Szczucka, Zofia

Obsessed with Innocence / Tokarska-Bakir, Joanna

A Need for Compensation / Nowak-Jeziorański, Jan

The Revolution of Nihilism / Macierewicz, Antoni

The Shortsightedness of the "Cultured" / Świda-Ziemba, Hanna

Homo Jedvabicus / Mac, Jerzy Sławomir

Part III. Official Statements

Living in Truth: Special Statement by Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek regarding the Slaughter of Jews in Jedwabne in 1941, April 2001

Address Delivered by Władysław Bartoszewski, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., 5 April 2001

Address by President of Poland Aleksander Kwasńiewski at the Ceremonies in Jedwabne Marking the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Jedwabne Tragedy on 10 July 2001

Findings of Investigation S 1/00/Zn into the Murder of Polish Citizens of Jewish Origin in the Town of Jedwabne on 10 July 1941, pursuant to Article 1 Point 1 of the Decree of 31 August 1944

Jedwabne-Let Us Be Silent in the Face of This Crime: Piotr Lipiński Talks with Professor Andrzej Rzepliński

Part IV. The Debate in the Catholic Church

A Poor Christian Looks at Jedwabne: Adam Boniecki and Michał Okoński Talk with Archbishop Henryk Muszyński

Interview with the Primate of Poland, Cardinal Józef Glemp, on the Murder of Jews in Jedwabne, 15 May 2001

Rev. stanisław musiał. We ask you to help us be better

Part V. Voices of the Inhabitants of Jedwabne

We are Different People: A Discussion about Jedwabne in Jedwabne

Marta Kurkowska-Budzan. My Jedwabne

Part VI. Memories and Methodologies: The Historical Debate

Collaboration Passed over in Silence / Strzembosz, Tomasz

How to Grapple with the Perplexing Legacy / Jedlicki, Jerzy

A Roundtable Discussion: Jedwabne-Crime and Memory

We of Jedwabne / Bikont, Anna

The Pogrom in Jedwabne: Critical Remarks about Jan T. Gross'S Neighbors / Musiał, Bogdan

Critical Remarks Indeed / Gross, Jan

Jedwabne Without Stereotypes: Agnieszka Sabor and Marek Zajac Talk with Professor Tomasz Szarota

Jedwabne: How was it Possible? / Stola, Dariusz

Part VII. The Discussion Outside Poland

Introduction to the Hebrew Edition of Neighbors / Engel, David

Do the Poor Poles Really Look at the Ghetto? Introduction to the Hebrew Edition of Neighbors / Gutman, Israel

"Heroes and Victims" (Extracts) / Deák, István

Jedwabne and the Selling of the Holocaust / Lukas, Richard

Poles and the Jews: How Deep the Guilt? / Michnik, Adam

Washington Diarist: Righteous / Wieseltier, Leon

Chronology

Explanatory Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612158582

9781282158580

1282158589

9781400825813

1400825814

OCLC:

436084548