The Towns of Death

Pogroms Against Jews by Their Neighbors

Miroslaw Tryczyk (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

426 Seiten

2021
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-3763-5 (ISBN)

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This book describes the pogroms of Polish Jews by their Polish neighbors in some dozen small towns and villages in Eastern Poland in the years 1941–42. The book draws on eyewitness testimony by surviving victims, bystanders, and perpetrators themselves to describe the horrific events that occurred throughout the region.

The Towns of Death relies on witness reports from survivors, bystanders, and the murderers themselves as found in court testimonies to describe the pogroms of Jews in Eastern Poland in 1941–1942 perpetrated by their Polish neighbors. The author demonstrates the pivotal role of the Catholic clergy and individual priests, the intellectual classes, and political circles in perpetuating anti-Semitism, often leading to the murder of thousands of Polish Jews.

Miroslaw Tryczyk holds a PhD in humanities and is the author ofMiedzy imperium a swieta Rosja (Between the Empire and Holy Russia). Frank Szmulowicz is a theoretical condensed matter physicist and a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) and of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE). He has translated Russian scientific journals into English for the American Institute of Physics and has done freelance Polish-English translations in a wide variety of subjects.

Acknowledgments
Chapter I: How History Was Written
Chapter II: Nationalism in Interwar Poland – An Ideological Outline
Chapter III: Jedwabne
Chapter IV: Radzilów
Chapter V: Wasosz
Chapter VI: Szczuczyn and the Vicinity
Chapter VII: Goniadz
Chapter VIII: Rajgród
Chapter IX: Kolno
Chapter X: Suchowola
Chapter XI: Bransk
Chapter XII: Jasionówka
Chapter XIII: Chajim Nachman Bialik The City of Slaughter (excerpt)
Chapter XIV: Conclusions
From the Editor
List of Archival and Investigative Materials Used in the Research
Bibliography
About the Translator
About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	17.05.2021
Übersetzer	Frank Szmulowicz
Zusatzinfo	23 b/w photos;
Sprache	englisch
Maße	163 x 227 mm
Gewicht	853 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-7936-3763-6 / 1793637636
ISBN-13	978-1-7936-3763-5 / 9781793637635
Zustand	Neuware