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Engel's study will be the definitive statement on one dimension of a very complex problem: the relations between Jews and their countrymen in occupied Poland.--Central European History "A superb piece of scholarship that is impeccably researched and most elegantly written as well.--Jan T. Gross, New York University Within this book, Engel concludes his exploration of the Polish government-in-exile's shifting responses toward the plight of European Jews during the Second World War. He focuses on the years 1943-45, the critical period after the free world became fully aware of Nazi Germany's plan to destroy the Jews, and shows that the Polish government-in-exile, with its vast underground orga...
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The announcement in December 1942 by the Polish government-in-exile that the Germans were attempting to exterminate all Jews in Poland came after much information had reached the West through other sources. The Polish government's action and inaction in releasing the information was the result of the complex weighing by the government's concept of its obligations to the Jewish citizens of Poland. Originally published in 1987. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Cidadão do Mundo, título que agora vem integrar a coleção Perspectivas, documenta e historia, de forma contundente, o rechaço oficial aos judeus não somente no período autoritário da Era Vargas, o Estado Novo, mas também na 'transição democrática' do quinquênio Dutra. Maria Luiza Tucci Carneiro analisa, com a objetividade da experiente pesquisadora que é - e que não exclui a paixão investigativa capaz de lançar luz sobre os recônditos mais empoeirados da história, nem o posicionamento firme diante da omissão criminosa -, documentos descobertos em arquivos brasileiros e estrangeiros que revelam um passado de discriminação das vítimas do Holocausto e demonstram que o rac...