The expulsion of Jews from communist Poland: memory wars and homeland anxieties
In March 1968, against the background of the Six-Day War, a campaign of antisemitism and anti-Zionism swept through Poland. This book is the first full-length study of the events, their precursors, and the aftermath of this turbulent period.
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Bloomington, Indiana
Indiana University Press
[2022]
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Plocker, Anat, ca. 20./21. Jh., The expulsion of Jews from communist Poland : memory wars and homeland anxieties] (2023) (Kichelewski, Audrey, 1978 -)
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| Series/Journal: | The modern Jewish experience
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Poles
/ Politics
/ Antisemitism
/ Expulsion
/ Jews
/ History 1967-1968
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| Further subjects: | B
Communism (Poland)
History 20th century
B Antisemitism (Poland) History 20th century B Jews (Poland) History 20th century B Poland Politics and government 1945-1980 B Poland History March Events, 1968 |
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| Summary: | In March 1968, against the background of the Six-Day War, a campaign of antisemitism and anti-Zionism swept through Poland. This book is the first full-length study of the events, their precursors, and the aftermath of this turbulent period. Plocker offers a new framework for understanding how this antisemitic campaign was motivated by a genuine fear of Jewish influence and international power. She sheds new light on the internal dynamics of the communist regime in Poland, stressing the importance of middle-level functionaries, whose dislike and fear of Jews had an unmistakable impact on the evolution of party policy. This volume examines how Communist Party leader Wladyslaw Gomulka's anti-Zionist rhetoric spiraled out of hand and opened up a fraught Pandora's box of old assertions that Jews controlled the Communist Party, the revival of nationalist chauvinism, and a witch hunt in universities and workplaces that conjured up ugly memories of Nazi Germany. |
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| ISBN: | 0253058651 |