POLISH BISHOPS, THE VATICAN, AND THE JEWS OF POLAND DURING THE COMMUNIST TAKEOVER AS REFLECTED IN BRITISH DIPLOMATIC REPORTS (Polish title - below)

• Authors: Kochavi Ariech
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

(Title in Polish - 'Polscy biskupi, Watykan i Zydzi polscy w czasie przejmowania wladzy przez komunistów - na podstawie brytyjskich raportów dyplomatycznych'). One strand in the skein of Anglo-Polish relations in the period immediately following the Second World War was the problem of the Jews of Poland, many of whom had fled Poland to Displaced Persons camps in Germany and Austria, as well as to Italy. In their efforts to limit the number of Jews leaving Poland, the British anxiously monitored the situation of the Jews remaining in the country. Relations between London and Warsaw were complicated as a result of the internal power struggle that was being waged in Poland between the Communists and the anti-Communist Opposition, the latter enjoying London's political support. The article will examine British diplomats' reports on the state of Polish Jewry after the end of World War II and the reaction of Polish bishops and the Vatican to the Kielce pogrom.

Keywords

EN

KIELCE POGROM; PIUS XII - INTERNATIONAL POLICY (WW II PERIOD); POLISH-JEWISH RELATIONS; VATICAN

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Zaglada Zydów. Studia i Materialy (Holocaust. Studies and Materials)
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 5
• Pages: 149-162
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Kochavi Ariech

• Ariech Kochavi, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10PLAAAA083822