Polish Help to Jews in the Countryside during the German Occupation. A Sketch Using the Example of the Righteous among the Nations
Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały, No. Holocaust Studies and Materials (2013), Pages: 122-158
Submission Date: 2020-12-13Publication Date: 2013-02-20

Abstract
The author analyzes help by Poles decorated with the Righteous among the Nations medal to Jews hiding in the countryside during the Nazi occupation. The author demonstrates that stories told many years later differ from immediate post-war recollections. A statistical analysis of the extensive material yields information on the various regularities related to help in rural areas: that the scale of help depends on the integration of the Jews with the Polish society, that they most often sought help close to their places of residence, that help came more frequently form the peasants than from the educated village dwellers, and that the greatest threat to the helpers were their own neighbors.
Keywords
Holocaust , Jews , Poles , Righteous , Polish-Jewish relations
License
Copyright (c) 2013 Author&"Holocaust Studies and Materials"

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
The journal is published under the Diamond Open Access Standard, CC-BY-4.0 Deed - Attribution 4.0 International - Creative Commons
Most read articles by the same author(s)
- Zuzanna Schnepf-Kołacz, „Na ciechańskiej plebanii”. Historia ocalenia Zofii Trembskiej. Studium przypadku , Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały: No. 6 (2010)
- Zuzanna Schnepf-Kołacz, The Fate of Journalists of the German ‘Reptile Newspaper’ – Nowy Kurier Warszawski in the Light of Post-War Trials on the Basis of the ‘August Decree’ , Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały: No. 2 (2006)
- Zuzanna Schnepf-Kołacz, In a Ciechania presbytery The story of saving Zofia Trembska. A case study , Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały: 2010: Holocaust Studies and Materials
- Zuzanna Schnepf-Kołacz, The Italian Garden of History. Rome, Ferrara, Milan – New Projects on the Map of Jewish Museums in Italy , Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały: No. 9 (2013)
- Zuzanna Schnepf-Kołacz, The "Write your story" series, published by Makor Jewish Community Library , Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały: No. 3 (2007)
Similar Articles
- Jacek Leociak, Understanding the Holocaust. A Task for Generations , Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały: 2008: Holocaust Studies and Materials
- Gabriel Finder, The Trial of Shepsl Rotholc and the Politics of Retribution in the Aftermath of the Holocaust , Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały: No. 2 (2006)
- Editors Journal, Jan Grabowski, From the editors , Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały: 2010: Holocaust Studies and Materials
- Dan Michman, Dutch Society and the Jewish Fate: A Puzzling Record , Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały: No. 12 (2016)
- Natalia Aleksiun, When Fajga Left Tadeusz. Wartime Relationships of Survivors after the Holocaust , Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały: No. 17 (2021)
- Klaus Peter Friedrich, Nazi Murder on the Jews in Polish Communist Press (1942–1944) , Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały: No. 2 (2006)
- Joanna Śliwa, A reviev: Agnieszka Witkowska-Krych, Dziecko wobec Zagłady. Instytucjonalna opieka nad sierotami w getcie warszawskim , Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały: No. 19 (2023)
- Przemysław Czapliński, The Holocaust as a Horror. A Handful of Comments on Polish Literature during 1985–2015 , Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały: No. 12 (2016)
- Jan Grabowski, Editors, From the editor , Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały: 2008: Holocaust Studies and Materials
- Alina Skibińska, Jakub Petelewicz, Participation of Poles in crimes against Jews in the Świętokrzyski region , Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały: No. 1 (2005)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 > >>
You may also start an advanced similarity search for this article.