Anat Plocker, "The Expulsion of Jews from Communist Poland: Memory Wars and Homeland Anxieties "
English | ISBN: 0253058651 | 2022 | 240 pages | PDF | 2 MB
English | ISBN: 0253058651 | 2022 | 240 pages | PDF | 2 MB
In March 1968, against the background of the Six-Day War, a campaign of antisemitism and anti-Zionism swept through Poland. The Expulsion of Jews from Communist Poland 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.
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