Collaborators, Informers and Agents in Occupied Krakow: A Contribution to Further Research
Collaborators, Informers and Agents in Occupied Krakow: A Contribution to Further Research
Author(s): Alicja Jarkowska-NatkaniecSubject(s): History, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Cultural history, Jewish studies, History of Law, Ethnohistory, History of ideas, Local History / Microhistory, Military history, Political history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Special Historiographies:, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Fascism, Nazism and WW II, History of the Holocaust, History of Antisemitism
Published by: Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach
Keywords: Collaboration; Informers; Agents; Krakow; Denunciation;
Summary/Abstract: This study contributes new research exploring cases of collaboration with the German authorities and the phenomenon of delators (denouncers), informers and agents in occupied Krakow, as well as letters of denunciation. Cases linked to the blackmailing at the beginning of World War II of Jews, and as the war continued of colleagues and neighbours working for the resistance and of disliked relatives and in-laws are also taken into account. Letters written by Krakow inhabitants – some anonymous, others signed – are appraised for information contained therein on political, racial, economic, social and financial matters. The article also describes the activities of the Polish resistance against collaborators and the post-war settling of scores through the Krakow Special Criminal Court in the early post-war years.
Journal: The City and History (Mesto a dejiny until 2019)
- Issue Year: 9/2020
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 69-92
- Page Count: 24
- Language: English