The Polish Underground and the Jes, 19391945 [Paperback]

Zimmerman examines the attitude and behavior of the Polish Underground towards the Jews during the Holocaust.The Polish Underground and the Jews, 19391945 examines one of the central problems in the history of Polish-Jewish relations: the attitude and the behavior of the Polish Underground towards the Jews during the Holocaust. Zimmerman offers a careful, dispassionate narrative, arguing that the reaction of Polish Underground was immensely varied, ranging from aggressive aid to acts of murder.The Polish Underground and the Jews, 19391945 examines one of the central problems in the history of Polish-Jewish relations: the attitude and the behavior of the Polish Underground towards the Jews during the Holocaust. Zimmerman offers a careful, dispassionate narrative, arguing that the reaction of Polish Underground was immensely varied, ranging from aggressive aid to acts of murder.The Polish Underground and the Jews, 19391945 examines one of the central problems in the history of Polish-Jewish relations: the attitude and the behavior of the Polish Underground  the resistance organization loyal to the Polish government -in-exile  toward the Jews during World War II. Using a variety of archival documents, testimonies, and memoirs, Zimmerman offers a careful, dispassionate narrative, arguing that the reaction of the Polish Underground to the catastrophe that befell European Jewry was immensely varied, ranging from aggressive aid to acts of murder. By analyzing the military, civilian, and political wings of the Polish Underground and offering portraits of the organization's main leaders, this book is the first full-length scholarly monograph in any language to provide a thorough examination of the Polish Underground's attitude and behavior towards the Jews during the entire period of World War II.Introduction; Part I. The Polish Underground and the Jews under the German-Soviet Partition, 193941: 1. Polish politics and the 'Jewish question', 19369; 2. Formation of the lS7