The towns of death : pogroms against Jews by their neighbors /

This book describes the pogroms of Polish Jews by their Polish neighbors in some dozen small towns and villages in eastern Poland in the years 1941-42. The book draws on eyewitness testimony by surviving victims, bystanders and perpetrators themselves to describe the horrific events that occurred th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Tryczyk, Mirosław, 1977- (Author)
Other Authors:	Szmulowicz, Frank (Translator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2021]
Subjects:	Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Poland > Podlasie (Region) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Poland > Podlasie (Region) > Personal narratives. Pogroms > Poland > Podlasie (Region) Jews > Persecutions > Poland > Podlasie (Region) Atrocities > Poland > Podlasie (Region) Antisemitism > Poland > Podlasie (Region) Podlasie (Poland : Region) > Ethnic relations. Jews > Poland > Podlasie (Region) > History > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

I: How history was written
II: Nationalism in interwar Poland
an ideological outline
III: Jedwabne
IV: Radziłów
V: Wąsosz
VI: Szczuczyn and the vicinity
VII: Goniądz
VIII: Rajgród
IX: Kolno
X: Suchowola
XI: Brańsk
XII: Jasionówka
XIII: Chajim Nachman Bialik The City of Slaughter (excerpt)
XIV: Conclusions.