THE DEATH OF JÓZEF PILSUDSKI, ITS PERCEPTION IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE JEWISH QUESTION IN POLAND (Smierc Józefa Pilsudskiego i jej postrzeganie w Stanach Zjednoczonych a zagadnienia zydowskie w Polsce)

• Authors: Rozanski Przemyslaw
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Both American diplomacy and the American Jews relatively rapidly noticed the significance of the death of Marshal Józef Pilsudski for the situation of the Jewish population in Poland. The American ambassadors: John Cudahy and Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. observed a rise of anti-Jewish moods in Poland, including the official state circles, in the second half of the 1930s. At the same time, they stressed the positive role played by Pilsudski in stifling Polish anti-Semitism. A similar dependence between the death of the Marshal and the increased tide of anti-Semitism was perceived by the American Jewish Committee in its annual reports from 1936-1937. Respect expressed for Józef Pilsudski and, by contrast, disapproval for his political epigones, are to be found in the declarations made by the Federation of Polish Jews in America. The important 'New York Times' also accentuated the positive part performed by Pilsudski for the Jewish minority in Poland.

Keywords

EN

AMERICAN JEWS; FEDERATION OF POLISH JEWS IN AMERICA; JEWISH MINORITY IN POLAND.; PILSUDSKI JÓZEF; POLISH ANTI-SEMITISM

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla PAN w Warszawie
• Journal: Dzieje Najnowsze
• Year: 2008
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 145-157
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Rozanski Przemyslaw

• Przemyslaw Rozanski, Uniwersytet Gdanski, Instytut Historii, ul. W. Stwosza 55, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA063919