Die "Judäo-Kommune" : ein Feindbild in Polen : das polnische Selbstverständnis im Schatten des Antisemitismus 1939-1948

Discusses the contemporary Polish self-concept in the shadow of wartime and postwar antisemitism, pointing to the existence of an antisemitic concept of the enemy which relies on the nexus of Jews and communism (the "Żydokomuna"), and which is considered as the counter-point to the Polish nation. This concept's antisemitic and anti-communist orientation represents a historical phenomenon, the relevance of which is astonishing in a country in which practically no Jews are living, and ten years after the collapse of communism. The argument of those who believe in the existence of the "Żydokomuna" is that Jews exploit communism and post-communists in order to achieve world domination. They connect antisemitism with anti-Sovietism and anti-communism, presenting the Soviet occupation of Poland during World War II, the postwar communist regime, and the post-communist regime as one continuity. Furthermore, they see a hostile anti-Polish threat in the guise of the "all-powerful" Jew trying to decompose the Polish nation from the inside. 1. Aufl. 284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm