Forced Out: The Fate of Polish Jewry in Communist Poland - Softcover

Wolak, Arthur J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1587362910 ISBN 13: 9781587362910

Publisher: Fenestra Books, 2004

Synopsis

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.

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Review:

Summing up: Recommended. Anyone interested in modern Polish history or the history of anti-semitism. -- CHOICE, June 2005, Vol. 42. No. 10.

a thorough and fair-minded history of the 1967–1968 "anti-Zionist" campaign of Poland's communist government... -- John J. Hartman, PhD

brought back memories of the events ... where ... I and thousands of my colleagues rioted ... on the streets of Warsaw. --Marek A. Suchenek, PhD

About this edition

• Publisher: Fenestra Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1587362910
• ISBN 13: 9781587362910
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 220