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Book Review: The Massacre in Jedwabne, July 10, 1941: Before, During, and After
Book Review: The Massacre in Jedwabne, July 10, 1941: Before, During, and After

Author(s): Piotr J. Wróbel
Subject(s): History
Published by: Polish Institute of Houston
Keywords: Neighbors; Jan T. Gross; Shtetl;

Summary/Abstract: "The Massacre in Jedwabne, July 10, 1941: Before, During, and After" By Marek Jan Chodakiewicz. Boulder, CO: East European Monographs (distributed by Columbia University Press), 2005. vii + 277 pages. ISBN 0-88033-554-8. 2 appendices, notes, bibliography. Hardcover. "The publication of Neighbors by Jan T. Gross in 2000 in Poland initiated a national debate on Christian-Jewish relations and the crime of Jedwabne. The debate became international when the book was translated into several languages. Hundreds if not thousands of books and articles discussed Gross’s work. Many of them were of polemical character. The book under review belongs to this category. Its author is a professor of history in the Institute of World Politics in Washington, DC. He earned his doctorate from Columbia University in 2001 and published several books and many articles on Polish-Jewish relations and the history of twentieth century.[...]"

  • Issue Year: XXVI/2006
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 1238-1240
  • Page Count: 3
  • Language: English