Polens letzte Juden - Herkunft und Dissidenz um 1968

Warsaw, 1968. Students are protesting against the Polish state and party leadership. They are not advocating the abolition of Socialism, but rather the fulfillment of its promises. Many of the young protestors, including Irena Grudzinska, Adam Michnik, and Jan T. Gross, come from Jewish families. However, only a few of them identify with Judaism, seeing themselves rather as Polish patriots and as Communists. Nevertheless, their origins are implicitly evoked in their protests. David Kowalski's study examines the meaning of this belonging in the early opposition movement. Reaching back to the interwar period, he illuminates the experiences of the generation preceding the dissidents of 1968, examines the repercussions of the Holocaust, and demonstrates the interconnections of origins, Communist hopes, and Socialist disappointments.

About the author

Dr. David Kowalski ist Verwaltungsleiter beim Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Studienwerk (ELES). Er hat Soziologie und Volkswirtschaftslehre an der Universität Marburg und an der Józef-Tischner-Europahochschule in Krakau studiert. Von 2010 bis 2016 war er Doktorand und wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Simon-Dubnow-Institut für jüdische Geschichte und Kultur in Leipzig.

Product details

• Authors: David Kowalski
• Assisted by: Yfaa Weiss (Editor), Yfaat Weiss (Editor)
• Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
• Languages: German
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9783525370681
• ISBN: 978-3-525-37068-1
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 20 mm x 237 mm x 160 mm
• Weight: 543 g
• Illustrations: mit 4 Abb.
• Series: Schriften des Simon-Dubnow-Instituts; Schriften des Simon-Dubnow-Instituts / Simon Dubnow Institute Yearbook; Schriften des Simon-Dubnow-Instituts; Schriften des Dubnow-Instituts
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989)