Judenjagd; hunt for the Jews; was the German term for the organized searches for Jews who; having survived ghetto liquidations and deportations to death camps in Poland in 1942; attempted to hide "on the Aryan side." Jan Grabowski's penetrating microhistory tells the story of the Judenjagd in Dabrowa Tarnowska; a rural county in southeastern Poland; where the majority of the Jews in hiding perished as a consequence of betrayal by their Polish neighbors. Drawing on materials from Polish; Jewish; and German sources created during and after the war; Grabowski documents the involvement of the local Polish population in the process of detecting and killing the Jews who sought their aid. Through detailed reconstruction of events; this close-up account of the fates of individual Jews casts a bright light on a little-known aspect of the Holocaust in Poland.
#1084188 in Books 2010-06-28Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x .90 x 6.00l; 1.04 #File Name: 0252077547280 pages
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Relates complex battles artfullyBy Ernesto AguilarSocial movements for at least the last few generations have tussled with concepts of equality for women and what that means in relation to the overall struggle for justice. During the 1960s; women's liberation organizing came into what became known as its Second Wave; and; with tactics like conscious raising at their disposal; women in Washington; D.C. and elsewhere began to see the distinct nature of the oppression they faced. As author Valk notes; feminism impacted and would be impacted by the diverse milieu of the time.Valk collects a vivid tapestry of stories from the period and into the 1970s. African-American progressive women; as this book makes abundantly clear; faced incredible pressures. Blasted by nationalists for hurting the status of Black men; holding accountable comrades who had professed support for women's and gay liberation yet faced difficulties in putting it to practice; and forming their own identities as feminists separate from white women; who often had not dealt with their own internalized racism; Black women carved out a space in which political ideology found a place at the table with the practical needs of family and education. It's hard not to admire their determination and sacrifice.The author imparts knowledge of groups long forgotten by the mainstream culture: the Furies; which advocated lesbianism as a step in revolutionary action; the National Black Feminist Organization; which embraced feminism and Black Power; and many others. Valk covers the successes and failures; and; in that moment; reminds us how far we need to go in understanding both race and gender.
