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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... September 1 ) , Stalin chose to wait . When , on September 3 , Joachim von Ribbentrop inquired about the Soviet plans , Molotov put him off with words like " excessive haste " and assured him that even- tually it would be " absolutely ...
... September 17 , 1939 ; on September 20 , Moscow set up its provisional administration there . Although Belorussians and Russians found themselves on the list of that provisional government , not a single Lithuanian name appeared on it ...
... September 17. On Friday ten hostages [ were brought ] . The Shaulists , who came for the changing of the guard , are continually say- ing that the hostages , and generally all Poles , hold up very " honorably , " do not cry like the ...
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