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In the Shadow of the Polish Eagle

The Poles, the Holocaust and Beyond

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  • © 2000

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Authors:
  1. Leo Cooper

    1. Contemporary Europe Research Centre and Centre for Russian and Euro-Asian Studies, University of Melbourne, Australia

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Prologue: Poland Welcomes Back Survivors — May 1946

    1. Prologue: Poland Welcomes Back Survivors — May 1946

      • Leo Cooper
      Pages 1-5

  3. The Polish Exile

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. The Dawn of the Jewish Community in Poland

      • Leo Cooper
      Pages 9-23

    3. Jews in the Struggle for Polish Independence

      • Leo Cooper
      Pages 24-39

  4. Before the Great Catastrophe (1918–39)

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
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    2. The Polish Eagle Spreads its Wings (1918–35)

      • Leo Cooper
      Pages 43-63

    3. Signs of Impending Disaster (1935–9)

      • Leo Cooper
      Pages 64-81

  5. The Great Catastrophe (1939–44)

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. Onlookers

      • Leo Cooper
      Pages 85-124

    3. Looters

      • Leo Cooper
      Pages 125-136

    4. Polish Resistance and Collaboration

      • Leo Cooper
      Pages 137-162

    5. Saviours — Righteous among the Nations

      • Leo Cooper
      Pages 163-181

  6. Beyond the Great Catastrophe

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183
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    2. The Last Blood Libel in Poland — Kielce 1946

      • Leo Cooper
      Pages 185-205

    3. Between Tragedy and Infamy — March 1968

      • Leo Cooper
      Pages 206-223

    4. Anti-Semitism without Jews

      • Leo Cooper
      Pages 224-235

    5. Epilogue: Facing the Past

      • Leo Cooper
      Pages 236-245

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 246-255
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About this book

The behaviour of many Poles towards the Jewish population during the Nazi occupation of Poland has always been a controversial issue. Although the Poles are supposed not to have collaborated with the invaders, there is evidence to show that in respect of the Jewish population, the behaviour of many Poles, including members of the underground, was far from exemplary. Poland is also the only European country where Jews were being murdered after the end of the war and where strong anti-Semitic tendencies are still present. This book analyses this question in an historical context and attempts to offer an explanation for the phenomenon of Polish anti-Semitism during and after the end of the war. The work is based on recently uncovered documents as well as on personal accounts of witnesses to the events during the war.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Contemporary Europe Research Centre and Centre for Russian and Euro-Asian Studies, University of Melbourne, Australia

    Leo Cooper

About the author

LEO COOPER is Senior Research Associate at the Contemporary Europe Research Centre and Russian and Euro-Asian Studies Centre, both at University of Melbourne. He is the author of The Political Economy of Soviet Military Power, Soviet Reforms and Beyond, Power and Politics in the Soviet Union, Stakhanovites - and Others: the Story of a Worker in the Soviet Union 1939-1946 and Russia and the World.

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