‘After the Holocaust: National Attitudes to Jews’CATHOLICS AND JEWS IN POLAND TODAY
Polish Catholics today intensively discuss things Jewish, in a new spirit of warm interest and respect. An issue altogether missing from that public agenda, however, is the Catholic record in promoting antisemitism. The author suggests that this absence of moral self-questioning is a result of local...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
1989
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 1989, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 27-40 |
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| Summary: | Polish Catholics today intensively discuss things Jewish, in a new spirit of warm interest and respect. An issue altogether missing from that public agenda, however, is the Catholic record in promoting antisemitism. The author suggests that this absence of moral self-questioning is a result of local historical experience and of the ways the Holocaust in particular entered the Poles' memory. Not recognizing the mythic qualities of anti-Jewishness allows for a clear conscience. With the increasing understanding of the Jew comes the potential for serious reflection on the Holocaust, thus acceptance of a broader moral responsibility. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/4.1.27 |