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Title: Forgotten Holocaust: The Poles Under German Occupation 1939-1944 by Richard C. Lukas, Norman Davies ISBN: 0-7818-0901-0 Publisher: Hippocrene Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent historical read
Comment: This book is exactly what it advertises - a history of Poland while under German occupation. After years of hearing only about the anti-Semitism of Poles, and their willingness to coldly turn in their Jewish neighbors, it is refreshing to read of what the majority of the country took part in. The tales of Polish resistance are truly remarkable and valuable for anyone interested in the truth of WWII.
Lukas never makes an attempt to minimize the Jewish experience in this book; he only brings attention to the fact that five million non-Jews were also exterminated, and for Hitler, as soon as Europe was free of Jews, the Slavs were next. I found it a very valuable, scholarly read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Tells the FULL Story of the Holocaust
Comment: This second edition of the book contains new chapters. One of them contains a list of Polish gentiles, murdered by the German occupants, while attempting to assist Jews (Poland was one of the only countries where the death penalty was handed out by the Nazis to anyone who gave the slightest assistance to the Jews). Of course, this list is but a drop in the bucket: The actual number of Polish gentiles strongly assisting Polish Jews, but caught and slain by the Germans for helping Jews, is estimated to be as high as 50,000.
The second new chapter is a discussion of Zegota: A clandestine Polish underground organization for assisting Jews. At its height, it consisted of tens of thousands of Polish gentiles in German-occupied Warsaw alone--all working under the threat of death if caught.
Lukas also discusses Polish collaboration with the Nazis, but shows that, contrary to much popular Holocaust material, this level of collaboration was much smaller than those of most other German-occupied European nations, and was also dwarfed by the number of Poles who assisted the Jews.
Earlier, Lukas documents how 3 million Polish gentiles were murdered by the Germans during World War II. This is very rarely mentioned in most Holocaust materials. Also included is discussion of the cultural genocide of Poland: the systematic, barbaric German practice of systematically destroying visible traces of Polish culture (monuments, libraries, museums, etc.). If you are one raised on the belief that only Jews suffered in the hands of the Nazis, you are in for a shock when you read this excellent book.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Fine Book
Comment: This 200+ page book is certainly worth reading and having it in one's own personal library for future reference. There are not enough books written about the WWII experience of Gentile Poles under German occupation. The Polish nation was targeted for annihilation. Much is written about the Jewish people's suffering
and not enough about the suffering of the Christian Poles. Who suffered more is not the issue....... both went through terrifying experiences !!!
I highly recommend this book especially for all those who have a short attention span or are short on time particularly in today's hectic times.
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Title: A Question of Honor: The Kosciuszko Squadron : Forgotten Heroes of World War II by Lynne Olson, Stanley Cloud ISBN: 0375411976 Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Pub. Date: 23 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Did the Children Cry: Hitler's War Against Jewish and Polish Children, 1939-1945 by Richard C. Lukas ISBN: 0781808707 Publisher: Hippocrene Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Heart of Europe: The Past in Poland's Present by Norman Davies ISBN: 0192801260 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: God's Playground, Volume 2 by Norman Davies ISBN: 0231053533 Publisher: Columbia University Press Pub. Date: 15 April, 1982 List Price(USD): $37.00 |
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Title: Poland in World War II: An Illustrated Military History by Andrew Hempel ISBN: 0781807581 Publisher: Hippocrene Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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