Jews in Poland and Russia - Volume Iii: 1914 to 2008

After reviewing developments in Poland, Lithuania, and the Soviet Union in the interwar period the volume considers Polish-Jewish relations during the Second World War and examines the Soviet record on the Holocaust. A survey of developments since 1945 concludes with an epilogue on the situation of the Jews since the collapse of communism.

About the author

Antony Polonsky is Emeritus Professor of Holocaust Studies, Brandeis University, and Chief Historian of the Global Educational Outreach Project at the Museum of Polish Jews in Warsaw. He holds honorary doctorates from the University of Warsaw (2010) and the Jagiellonian University (2014), and in 2011 was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of Polonia Restituta and the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of Independent Lithuania. His many publications include The Jews in Poland and Russia, 3 vols. (Littman Library, 2010-12), which in 2012 was awarded the Pro Historia Polonorum prize of the Polish Senate for the best book on the history of Poland in a non-Polish language written in the previous five years.

Summary

After reviewing developments in Poland, Lithuania, and the Soviet Union in the interwar period the volume considers Polish-Jewish relations during the Second World War and examines the Soviet record on the Holocaust. A survey of developments since 1945 concludes with an epilogue on the situation of the Jews since the collapse of communism.

Product details

• Authors: Antony Polonsky, Antony (Department of Near Eastern and J Polonsky, Antony (Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies Polonsky
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781789620474
• ISBN: 978-1-78962-047-4
• No. of pages: 1040
• Series: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization; Jews in Poland and Russia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous