Jewish children in Nazi-occupied Poland

survival and Polish-Jewish relations during the Holocaust as reflected in early postwar recollections

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Jewish children in Nazi-occupied Poland

survival and Polish-Jewish relations during the Holocaust as reflected in early postwar recollections

A study based on early postwar testimonies of 90 Jewish children and 25 Polish rescuers (held in various archives), as well as on some later accounts and other sources. Argues that the testimonies shed light on rescue activities and help examine the subject of Polish-Jewish relations during the Holocaust on a micro level and from a bottom-up perspective. An in-depth analysis allows historians to reconstruct categories of child survivors (e.g. those who were in hiding, those who posed as Poles, and some other cases) and the means that they used to cope with social realities on the "Aryan side". The testimonies reflect social interactions between the children and various individuals in Polish society, and show that seemingly opposing reactions such as betrayal, hostility, and indifference on the one hand, and sacrifice, dedication, and compassionate care on the other could intersect, and that the motives of the rescuers were multifaceted. Dwells, also, on the halting of rescue activities and the motives for that. Remarkably, many observations made by children regarding the dynamics of Polish-Jewish relations are similar to observations made by Polish rescuers, which undermines the arguments on separate and incompatible Polish and Jewish historical memories of the Holocaust.

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Language
English
Pages
92

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Edition Notes

Includes Hebrew abstract.

Includes bibliographical references.

Published in
Jerusalem
Series
Search and research: lectures and papers / Yad Vashem -- 14, Search and research -- 14.
Other Titles
Yeladim Yehudim be-Polin bi-yeme ha-kibush ha-Natsi :

Classifications

Library of Congress
DS134.55 .M54 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
92, 7 pages
Number of pages
92

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL37747021M
Internet Archive
jewishchildrenin0000mich
ISBN 10
9653083244
ISBN 13
9789653083240
OCLC/WorldCat
368169601

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL27681205W

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