No way out : the politics of Polish Jewry, 1935-1939 / Emanuel Melzer.

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Melzer, Emanuel [Browse]
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Language
English
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Cincinnati : Hebrew Union College Press, ©1997.
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xii, 235 pages ; 24 cm.

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    "This readable scholarly study sheds important new light upon a major center of Jewish life on the eve of its destruction. Drawing from sources in the Polish Jewish and non-Jewish press and from archives in Europe, Israel, and the United States, Melzer examines the efforts of Polish Jewry to secure its existence and advance its interests in the late 1930s, when the radicalization of antisemitism became an increasingly prominent theme in the country's political life."--BOOK JACKET. "With the death of Pilsudski, the prognosis for the Polish Jews appeared increasingly bleak, as hostile forces sought to abrogate their constitutional rights and force them to leave the country en masse. The enmity they experienced drew in no small measure from the example of Nazi Germany, which did not hesitate to portray the Jews as the common enemy of Germans and Poles alike."--BOOK JACKET. "In the face of these developments, Polish Jews attempted to wage a coordinated and concerted political battle against the economic persecution, hostile administrative practices, discriminatory legislation, and violent riots that increasingly pervaded their daily lives. Melzer recounts those attempts and analyzes their failure."--BOOK JACKET.
    Notes
    • Translation of: Maʻavaḳ medini be-malkhodet.
    • תרגום של: מאבק מדיני במלכדת יהודי פולין.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-228) and index.
    Contents
    • Background: The Pilsudski Years
    • Political Changes after Pilsudski
    • The Economic Campaign Against the Jews
    • Anti-Jewish Violence: Riots, Pogroms, Recriminations and Responses
    • "Ghetto Benches," Agitation, and Violence in the Universities
    • The Kosher Slaughtering Ban and Other Anti-Jewish Legislation
    • The Failure of Jewish Leadership in Poland
    • Ukrainians and Germans in Poland: Fluctuating Relations and Anti-Jewish Agitation
    • Jewish Emigration: Efforts and Realities
    • Toward War.
    ISBN
    • 0878204180
    • 9780878204182
    LCCN
    96030841
    OCLC
    35209350
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