Forced Out: The Fate of Polish Jewry in Communist Poland

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Arthur Wolak, 2004 - 204 pages
In the late 1960s, after the Holocaust had brought about the almost total destruction of centuries of Jewish civilization in Poland, senior leaders of the ruling Communist Party initiated a domestic terror campaign that resulted in the unceremonious eviction of thousands of Polish Jews. Why did the leadership of a nation that professed equality among all peoples suddenly drive them into exile? In "Forced Out," Arthur Wolak explores this turbulent era, revealing a period in modern European history that offers important cautionary lessons about the dangers of political opportunism and the inherent evils of totalitarianism.
 

Contents

Introduction
1
Poland and the Jews
15
AntiSemitism in Poland
33
The 1967 Middle East Crisis
45
Polands Assault on the Jews 196768
57
Political Opportunism and AntiSemitism
75
The Zionist Scapegoats
89
Exile of Jews
109
Political AntiSemitism in Communist Poland
127
From Persecution to Acceptance
141
Afterword
163
Bibliography
183
Index
195
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