Neighbors. The Destruction of the Jewish Community of Jedwabne in Poland
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Neighbors. The Destruction of the Jewish Community of Jedwabne in Poland
29.99 €
23.99 €
In early July 1941, during the first weeks of the German occupation of eastern Poland, horrific anti-Jewish pogroms swept through the countryside, perpetrated not by Germans but by Poles. The most brutal pogrom occurred on July 10th in the town of Jedwabne: its Polish residents herded hundreds of their Jewish neighbors into a barn and burned them alive. For many years, this event remained shrouded in a thick double veil—one of silence and reticence. This veil was completely lifted by Jan Tomasz Gross's book "Neighbors: The Destruction of a Jewish Town," published in Polish in May 2000.
The author is a Polish-American historian and sociologist, an expert not so much on the Holocaust as on Eastern European history. The book was read throughout Poland, and it immediately divided Polish society, accustomed to the lofty image of its country as the Christ of Nations. The Poles experienced a burn and a shock of pain from "Neighbors" unlike anything they had ever experienced before.
The book is accompanied by three afterwords written by historian Pavel Polian. The first is devoted to the history of the so-called "eastern borderlands"—the geographic area to which Jedwabne belongs. The second is about Jan Gross's book itself—this burn book—and the enormous resonance it provoked. And the third is about other works in this unique genre of "burn works."
The book is intended for a wide range of readers interested in the history of World War II, the history of the Holocaust, and the history of Poland.
The author is a Polish-American historian and sociologist, an expert not so much on the Holocaust as on Eastern European history. The book was read throughout Poland, and it immediately divided Polish society, accustomed to the lofty image of its country as the Christ of Nations. The Poles experienced a burn and a shock of pain from "Neighbors" unlike anything they had ever experienced before.
The book is accompanied by three afterwords written by historian Pavel Polian. The first is devoted to the history of the so-called "eastern borderlands"—the geographic area to which Jedwabne belongs. The second is about Jan Gross's book itself—this burn book—and the enormous resonance it provoked. And the third is about other works in this unique genre of "burn works."
The book is intended for a wide range of readers interested in the history of World War II, the history of the Holocaust, and the history of Poland.
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