Poland's Holocaust: Ethnic Strife, Collaboration with Occupying Forces and Genocide in the Second Republic, 1918-1947 - Hardcover

Piotrowski, Tadeusz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786403713 ISBN 13: 9780786403714

Publisher: McFarland Publishing, 1997

Synopsis

Based on primary and secondary sources in numerous languages (including Polish, German, Ukrainian, Belorussian, Russian and English).

About this title

About the Author:

A native of Volhynia, Tadeusz Piotrowski and his family lived under both the Soviet and the German occupations of Poland's eastern territories until August 1943. He is a professor of sociology at the University of New Hampshire at Manchester where he received the Distinguished Professor Award for 1996-97. He is also the author of Vengeance of the Swallows (1995, winner of the Cultural Achievement Award from the American Council for Polish Culture).

Review:

"[of] permanent value is Piotrowski's effort to make clear this dark and murky field as well as make more comprehensible the controversies pertaining to the last 100 years of East Central European history" -- periphery

"a clear, detailed textbook on Poland's Holocaust.... The book is an excellent source for students, as well as a valuable resource on Polish history...a must" -- News of Poland

"a valuable contribution" -- The Sarmatian Review

"an excellent book" -- Polish American Journal

"extensive index, table of abbreviations, appendix, and profuse documentation. All college and public libraries" -- Choice

"fills the gap" -- C&RL News

"impressive research...painstakingly relates how each ethnic group behaved" -- Polis Library News

About this edition

• Publisher: McFarland Publishing
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0786403713
• ISBN 13: 9780786403714
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 437