Pogrom cries-essays on Polish-Jewish History, 1939-1946 / Joanna Tokarska-Bakir.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tokarska-Bakir, Joanna, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--History.

Jews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (347 pages)

Edition:

Second revised edition.

Other Title:

Pogrom Cries – Essays on Polish-Jewish History, 1939–1946

Pogrom Cries – Essays on Polish-Jewish History, 1939–1946

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, 2019.

Summary:

This book reexamines the situation of Jews who after the liquidation of ghettos were hiding in the villages of the Kielce-Sandomierz region, and the attitude of local Christian people and partisans towards these Jews. A fresh perspective is contributed by the author's anthropological approach to the newly discovered field and archival sources.

Contents:

The Unrighteous Righteous and the Righteous Unrighteous - An AL Unit and its Attitude Towards Jews. The Trial of Tadeusz Maj - Our Class in Klimontów Sandomierski - Ethnographic Findings on the Aftermath of the Holocaust Through Jewish and Polish Eyes - The Figure of Bloodsucker - Cries of the Mob in the Pogroms in Rzeszów, Cracow and Kielce - Communitas of Violence - Barabasz and Jews - Suppressio veri, suggestio falsi. The History of Ryszard Maj's Testimony.

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (Peter Lang, viewed February 20, 2023).

Includes bibliographical references and index.