Polish-Jewish Relations 1939-1945: Beyond the Limits of Solidarity

Ewa Kurek

Aug 2012 · iUniverse

About this ebook

The following book was translated and published in English: Ewa Kurek, YOUR LIFE IS WORTH MINE - How Polish Nuns Saved Hundreds of Jewish Children in German-Occupied Poland, foreword by Prof. Jan Karski, New York 1998. She has also contributed articles in English that were published in Polin (Oxford: Institute for Polish Jewish Studies), Embracing the Other (New York University Press) and From Shtetl to Socialism (LondonWashington). Her research on the subject of Polish-Jewish relations in World War II in Poland has been presented at several international academic congresses, including Yad Vashem, Jerusalem (1988), Princeton University (1993), and Columbia University (2007).

In the book POLISH-JEWISH RELATIONS 1939-1945; BEYOND THE LIMITS OF SOLIDARITY, Ewa Kurek reconstructs the wartime history based almost exclusively on Jewish sources. Like in her other books, Ewa Kurek has the courage to raise important questions and the courage to search for equally important answers.

Ratings and reviews

This is a most disturbing book. I find it hard to believe that Poles who share the author's perveted understanding of the Holocaust support this so called justification of Polish antisemitism that is as virulent in the 21st Century as it has been since the 18th Century.

It is a very reliable book explaining Polish Jewish relations. It should be read by everyone who wants to understand this subject and anyone who speaks on it.

About the author

EWA KUREK received her doctorate in history from the Catholic University of Lublin, Poland, where Pope John Paul II taught philosophy and theology. She is the author of numerous articles and eight books in Polish and director of five TV documentary films devoted to the history of World War II.