{"product_id":"against-anti-semitism-an-anthology-of-twentieth-century-polish-writings-9780190624514","title":"Against Anti-Semitism: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Polish Writings","description":"Poland's relationship with its Jewish population has long been a subject of often agonizing debate. In September 1939, there were approximately 3.3 million Jews living in Poland, the largest population in Europe. In May 1945, between 40,000 and 60,000 remained. Most of the Nazi death camps had\u003cbr\u003ebeen located on Polish soil. The intertwined issues of wartime complicity and victimhood haunt Poland to this day, complicated by the unavoidable fact that anti-Semitism in Poland existed well before the outbreak of the Second World War, and has existed long after it. The deadly Kielce Pogrom in\u003cbr\u003eJuly 1946 appalled the world, since its victims were precisely those Jews who had miraculously survived annihilation. And while with the years physical violence against Jews diminished-if only because there were not many at whom to direct it-anti-Semitism has remained no less virulent, emerging as a\u003cbr\u003eforce in Polish politics, religious life, and in society at large. A study undertaken in 2002 determined that one in nine Poles believed the Jews collectively responsible for the crucifixion of Christ. One in four claimed that Jews were secretly plotting to rule the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIs anti-Semitism integral to Polish identity? Nowhere has this question been more the cause of soul-searching than in Poland itself. In this volume, Adam Michnik, one of Poland's foremost writers and intellectuals, and Agnieszka Marczyk have brought together the most significant essays of the\u003cbr\u003etwentieth century written by prominent Poles on Polish anti-Semitism, including by such writers and intellectuals as Czeslaw Milosz, Leszek Kolakowski, Jerzy Andrzejewski, and Tadeusz Mazowiecki. Taken from a three-volume original Polish edition, 3,000 pages in length and containing 320 entries, the\u003cbr\u003eessays, most of which have been translated into English here for the first time by Marczyk, resonate with Michnik's central argument-that anti-Semitism is not a given of Polish culture. It has been consistently challenged and rejected. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaken together, through their collective courage and wisdom, expressed even in moments when reason seemed lost, these essays and their authors remind readers not only of the destructive and self-destructive elements of anti-Semitism, but of the necessity of combatting it in all of its forms. Even\u003cbr\u003esome of the darkest parts of Polish history have produced moments of illumination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adam Michnik\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/29\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190624514\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdam Michnik \u003c\/strong\u003eis a historian and editor-in-chief of Poland's largest daily, \u003cem\u003eGazeta Wyborcza\u003c\/em\u003e. He was a leader of the student antigovernment protests in 1968, a Solidarity activist in the 1980s, and a negotiator at the Round Table Talks in 1989. His books include \u003cem\u003eLetters from Prison\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIn Search of\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eLost Meaning: The New Eastern Europe\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgnieszka Marczyk\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, where her work focuses on democratic citizenship and historical thinking skills. She is co-editor of \u003cem\u003eDoes Democracy Matter? The United States and Global Democracy Support\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40171861016691,"sku":"9.78019E+12","price":35.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_af4f3244-1e8c-46b3-8a13-8d013b5008d2.jpg?v=1655211988","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/against-anti-semitism-an-anthology-of-twentieth-century-polish-writings-9780190624514","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}