Akcja „Reinhardt” w świetle najnowszej niemieckiej literatury przedmiotu

Author(s): Stephan Lehnstaedt / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 13/2017

Akcja „Reinhardt” to niemieckim określenie maskujące, za którym kryje się wymordowanie w latach 1942–1943 co najmniej 1,8 mln Żydów w obozach zagłady w Bełżcu, Sobiborze i Treblince. Spośród Żydów skierowanych do tych obozów przeżyło mniej niż 150 osób. Dwie z nich to ocaleni z Bełżca, pozostali zaś mniej więcej po połowie przeszli przez obozy zagłady w Sobiborze i Treblince. Prawie wszyscy wyjechali po wojnie z Polski – do Izraela albo do Stanów Zjednoczonych.

Alexander Prusin (1955–2018)

Author(s): Orel Beilinson / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 14/2018

Alexander Prusin przyszedł na świat w 1955 r. we Lwowie jako syn Wiktora i Witii. Po wyjeździe na Zachód obronił doktorat na Uniwersytecie w Toronto, a następnie rozpoczął pracę w Instytucie Techniki Górniczej w Nowym Meksyku, gdzie wykładał przez ostatnie 17 lat. Był wybitnym uczonym, który słynął z dogłębnych i rozległych badań nad jednym z najkrwawszych okresów w historii Europy, czyli połową XX w.

Alexandra Klei und Katrin Stoll (Hrsg.): Leerstelle(n)? Der deutsche Vernichtungskrieg 1941–1944 und die Vergegenwärtigung des Geschehens nach 1989

Author(s): Daniel Logemann / Language(s): German / Issue: 4/2020

Review of: Daniel Logemann - Leerstelle(n)? Der deutsche Vernichtungskrieg 1941–1944 und die Vergegenwärtigung des Geschehens nach 1989. Hrsg. von Alexandra Klei und Katrin Stoll. Neofelis Verlag. Berlin 2019. 266 S., Ill. ISBN 978-3-95808-227-4. (€ 25,–.)

Alvin H. Rosenfeld, Kres Holokaustu

Author(s): Justyna Majewska / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 12/2016

The review of: Alvin H. Rosenfeld, Kres Holokaustu, tłum. Renata Czekalska, Agnieszka Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, 2013, 256 s.

Amikor antiszemita eszmék és zsidó törvények találkoznak. Magyarország esete

Author(s): Jehuda Hartman / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 1/2018

An Immovable Property Restitution Legislation Database

ESLI'S Initiative to Bring Present and Future Meaning to the Terezin Declaration Commitments

Author(s): Kristen Nelson,Rajika L. Shah / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2015

The 2009 Terezin Declaration reflects the will of 47 nations to continue to enhance their efforts to right the wrongs committed against groups persecuted during World War II. These commitments are not only important with respect to bringing justice to those affected by persecution during the Holocaust, but also are important from the standpoint of transitional justice as now understood, including as a way of reducing the likelihood of future genocides or mass atrocities. The European Shoah Legacy Institute (ESLI) was established to monitor progress and advocate for the principles enshrined in the Terezin Declaration, in particular that of immovable (real) property restitution. ESLI’s latest project – the immovable property database initiative – will provide a much needed and long overdue dynamic tool for claimants, heirs, scholars, governments, NGOs – any stakeholder – to help navigate current property restitution issues by confronting the path through the past which brought us to current state of affairs.. When completed, the online database will be a user-friendly, public-access comparative repository of legislation and international and domestic case law (both past and present) from every country that has endorsed the Terezin Declaration. Using the online database to examine the often thorny and emotionally charged issue of heirless property, in particular, is emblematic of how the content can be used to drive the conversation for solutions forward and possibly give rise to intertwined policy-related questions.

AN INCLUSIVE MODEL OF MEMORY WORK IN POLAND: BRIDGE TO POLAND AS A CASE STUDY

Author(s): Leora Tec,Jolanta Ambrosewicz-Jacobs / Language(s): English / Issue: 70/2021

The memory of World War II in Poland is sometimes plagued by an us/them mentality or a competition of suffering. This paper will attempt to answer several questions: how are non-Jews contributing to Holocaust memorialization in Poland today? How can recognizing this contribution serve to heal rifts and change deep-seated stereotypes? We will present a case study, based on participant observation, of Bridge To Poland, which emphasizes memory work conducted by non-Jewish Poles. Bridge To Poland’s latest project in conjunction with the Grodzka Gate-NN Theatre Centre, The Neshoma Project: Conversations with Poles Rescuing Jewish Memory, highlights those whom Tec calls “Rescuers of Memory”. Exposing people to their work, Tec believes, results in breaking down negative stereotypes about non-Jewish Poles and building bridges between people.

An Overview of the Law on Rehabilitation From the Point of View of Holocaust Victims and Other Victims of Nazi Terror

Author(s): Radovan Lazić / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2015

Law on Property Restitution and Compensation stipulates that its provisions apply to confiscated property provided that the owner of that property is rehabilitated. In this case, the request for the return of property must be accompanied by a court decision on the rehabilitation or proof that the application for rehabilitation was submitted. The first Serbian Rehabilitation Act was passed in 2006. According to the Law on Rehabilitation, from December 2011, persons who have been deprived of a right (to life, to freedom of movement, to property...) because of political activism, ideological or religious beliefs and national origin before the entry into force of this Act can be rehabilitated. However, the question is how the provisions of this law are applied to the victims of the Holocaust and other victims of Nazi terror. Does this law take into account the victims, does it provide any satisfaction to the victims of the Holocaust and other victims of the occupiers and various quisling formations? What consequences the implementation of the Rehabilitation Act may have on the property rights of persons who, in the course of World War II, acquired property that was previously forcibly taken away (factual and legal violence) from their rightful owners? What consequences the implementation of this law may have on the rights of the victims of the Holocaust and their heirs and what consequences the implementation of this law may have on the rights of the victims of the Holocaust who have no heirs?

Analiza polskiego i austriackiego przekazu medialnego wokół 72. rocznicy wyzwolenia byłego niemieckiego obozu koncentracyjnego KL Gusen

Author(s): Anna Przybyll / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 26/2018

This article concerns the media coverage of the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration camp KL Gusen in 2017. It was attended by the representatives of the Polish and Austrian authorities, i.e. the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jan Dziedziczak, the Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Magdalena Gawin and – for the fi rst time – by Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen. The revival of remembrance about KL Gusen has become one of the priorities in the politics of memory pursued by the current Polish government. For Poles, the Gusen camp is of special signifi cance because it was built with the intent of destroying the Polish intelligentsia. The Austrian government sees Polish efforts to commemorate their victims in the context of nationalist and protectionist tendencies in Poland. A just fi ght for historical truth is overshadowed by the mutual lack of understanding in the countries, which both suffered under German occupation between 1939 and 1945.

Anatomia donosu ks. Stanisława Trzeciaka na ks. Tadeusza Pudra

Author(s): Jan Grabowski,Dariusz Libionka / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 13/2017

The materials presented in the article include documentation of the German Special Court (Sondergericht) in Warsaw proceedings against Tadeusz Puder, a Catholic priest of Jewish origin arrested by the Gestapo in the spring of 1941. His imprisonment was a consequence of a denunciation made by Fr. Stanisław Trzeciak, one of the leading Polish anti-Semites. Sentenced to several months in prison, Puder managed to escape from the prison hospital in autumn 1942 and survive in hiding. He died a few days after the liberation of Warsaw in a car accident. Despite the cooperation with the German security police, Trzeciak was among the victims of mass executions during the Warsaw Uprising in August 1944. The introduction of the article presents a broader context of Trzeciak’s anti-Semitic activity and the reasons for his personal hatred for Puder, as well as unknown details of collaborative attempts in the first months of German occupation.

Andrea Löw u.a. (Hrsg.), Alltag im Holocaust. Jüdisches Leben im Großdeutschen Reich 1941-1945

Author(s): Klaus-Peter Friedrich / Language(s): German / Issue: 2/2015

Review of: Alltag im Holocaust. Jüdisches Leben im Großdeutschen Reich 1941-1945. Hrsg. von Andrea Löw, Doris L. Bergen und Anna Hájková. (Schriftenreihe der Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte, Bd. 106.) Oldenbourg. München 2013. VI, 265 S. ISBN 978-3-486-70948-3. (€ 24,80.). Reviewed by Klaus-Peter Friedrich.

Andrej Pančur, Judovska skupnost v Sloveniji na predvečer holokavsta ...

Author(s): Marjan Toš / Language(s): Slovenian / Issue: 2/2012

Andrzej Gąsiorowski, Krzysztof Steyer, Członkowie TOW „Gryf Pomorski” w KL Stutthof. Działalność – aresztowanie – obóz, Muzeum Stutthof w Sztutowie, Sztutowo 2016, ss. 247

Author(s): Sylwia Grochowina / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 4/2017

Angelika Benz, Handlanger der SS. Die Rolle der Trawniki-Männer im Holocaust

Author(s): Katharina Friedla / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 12/2016

The review of: Angelika Benz, Handlanger der SS. Die Rolle der Trawniki-Männer im Holocaust, Berlin: Metropol Verlag, 2015, 309 s.

Angelika Benz, Handlanger der SS. Die Rolle der Trawniki-Männer im Holocaust

Author(s): Maximilian Becker / Language(s): German / Issue: 3/2017

Review of: Angelika Benz: Handlanger der SS. Die Rolle der Trawniki-Männer im Holocaust. Metropol. Berlin 2015. 309 S., Ill. ISBN 978-3-86331-203-9. (€ 24,–.). Reviewed by Maximilian Becker.

Anna Wolff-Powęska, Piotr Forecki (Hrsg.), Der Holocaust in der polnischen Erinnerungskultur

Author(s): Beata Fober / Language(s): German / Issue: 1/2016

Review of: Der Holocaust in der polnischen Erinnerungskultur. Hrsg. von Anna W o l f f - P o w ę s k a und Piotr F o r e c k i . (Geschichte – Erinnerung – Politik, Bd. 2.) Lang. Frankfurt am Main 2012. 421 S. ISBN 978-3-631-60787-9. (€ 61,95.). Reviewed by Magdalena Fober.

Anotácie

Author(s): Tomáš Pastucha,Pavol Vlček,Samuel Červeňanský,Lukáš Tkáč / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2022

Annotations of: 1. Jelínek, Pavol (ed.). „Čriepky : Zborník Martine Kušnírovej in memoriam“, Malacky : Pavol Jelínek, 2020, 232 p. ISBN 978-80-570-1700-4; 2. Prudovič, Marek. „Ústava rímskej republiky“, Praha : Leges, 2021, 179 p. ISBN 978-80-7502-545-6; 3. Wright, Nicholas Thomas. „Pavol: Život a dielo apoštola národov“, Bratislava : Porta Libry, 2021. 400 p. ISBN 978-80- 8156-237-2; 4. Vrábel, Ferdinand. „Vlastenci a hrdinovia : Slováci v prvom odboji“, Bratislava : Nadácia Milana Rastislava Štefánika, 2021, 168 p. ISBN 978-80-972465-3-2; 5. Snyder, Timothy. „Čierna zem: Holokaust ako história a varovanie“, Bratislava : Premedia, 2. vyd., 2019. 432 p. ISBN 978-80-8159-696-4; 6. Hlavinka, Ján – Salner, Peter (ed.). „Tábor smrti Sobibor : Dejiny a odkaz“, Bratislava : Ústav etnológie a sociálnej antropológie SAV, Dokumentačné stredisko holokaustu, Marenčin PT, 2019, 262 p. ISBN 978-80-569-0449-7.

Antisemitism and Catholicism in the Interwar Period - The Jesuits in Austria, 1918–1938

Author(s): David Lebovitch Dahl / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2016

The paper examines the attitudes of the Austrian Jesuits to antisemitism in the interwar period. This question is highly relevant for the study of antisemitism and the Holocaust, because of the strong influence of Catholicism within Austrian society and the prominent role played by Austrians in the Holocaust. The scientific literature has argued that the Austrian context was of central importance to the formation of both antisemitic and anti-antisemitic views among Catholics. However, the dynamics and internal nuances within high ecclesiastical circles have remained understudied. The present research indicates the permanence of an entrenched anti-Jewish tradition as well as the start of a novel reconsideration of this very tradition within the Jesuit Order in Austria. By analyzing tensions in the positions of the Austrian Jesuits, this research contributes to a better understanding of the continuity and rupture in antisemitism in Austria in the period immediately prior to the Holocaust.

Antisemitismul și Holocaustul din perspectivă comunistă. Un caz de distorsiune ideologică (I)

Author(s): Adrian Cioflâncă / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 4+5(20+21)/2020

This study follows the biography of a leftist militant who, as a communist and a Jew, confronted antisemitism and state persecution during the interwar period, the Holocaust and the communist regime. The biography of Emanoil Safir is unremarkable; he was not an important character in the history of Romania, but his encounters, memoirs and photos of atrocities display relevant information about the interplay of antisemitism and anticommunism, in the interwar period, and the competitive narratives of the Holocaust. Safir witnessed the Legionary rebellion and the Bucharest pogrom and kept a detailed, unpublished diary, stacked at the National Archives. After the war, he worked for the People’s Tribunal as an investigator and documented several massacres perpetrated during the Holocaust, in Iași (June, 1941), Odessa (October, 1941) and Râbnița (March, 1944). He was particularly interested in photos of atrocities and collected hundreds, which are kept in archives, and some of them remained unpublished till today. Although he was a privileged witness of important historical episodes, his perspective is not an exact reflection of history, but a refraction through the ideological filter of communism. This introduces a discussion of how communists militants and the communist regime treated topics such as antisemitism and the Holocaust.

Apologies for Jedwabne and Modernity

Author(s): Andrzej W. Tymowski / Language(s): English / Issue: 01/2002

The review of: Jan Gross. Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland, Princeton University Press, 2001.