Poland's Holocaust: Ethnic Strife, Collaboration with Occupying Forces and Genocide in the Second Republic, 1918-1947McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 1998 - 437 strán (strany) With the end of World War I, a new Republic of Poland emerged on the maps of Europe, made up of some of the territory from the first Polish Republic, including Wolyn and Wilno, and significant parts of Belarus, Upper Silesia, Eastern Galicia, and East Prussia. The resulting conglomeration of ethnic groups left many substantial minorities wanting independence. The approach of World War II provided the minorities' leaders a new opportunity in their nationalist movements, and many sided with one or the other of Poland's two enemies--the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany--in hopes of achieving their goals at the expense of Poland and its people. Based on primary and secondary sources in numerous languages (including Polish, German, Ukrainian, Belorussian, Russian and English), this work examines the roles of the ethnic minorities in the collapse of the Republic and in the atrocities that occurred under the occupying troops. The Polish government's response to mounting ethnic tensions in the prewar era and its conduct of the war effort are also examined. |
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... division . " 342 Of the Galician Ukrainian community's readiness and disposition , Wächter had no doubts . In a letter to Himmler asking that the name of the division include the term “ Ukrain- ian , " since the SS - Galizien was " open ...
... Division , 1943-1945 ( They Wanted Freedom : The History of the Ukrainian Division , 1943-1945 ) , Heike described the recruits to the SS - Galizien : " Alongside the peasants and work- ers stood older and distinguished veterans of ...
... division was renamed the First Ukrainian Division of the Ukrainian National Army . In practical terms the change in nomenclature meant little . General Fritz Freitag remained the division's commander , orders continued to be issued in ...
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Poland's Holocaust: Ethnic Strife, Collaboration with Occupying Forces and ... Tadeusz Piotrowski Zobrazenie úryvkov - 1998 |