1946 US report said ‘Poles persecuted the Jews as vigorously as did the Germans’

by Guest Fri Mar 02, 2018 3:53 pm

Post-war declassified State Department document found long history of Polish anti-Semitism before, during and after Holocaust.

A US State Department report from May 15, 1946, found “evidence that Poles persecuted the Jews as vigorously as did the Germans” during the World War II Nazi occupation of Poland.

The declassified report was distributed Thursday by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the same day that a Polish law making it a crime to accuse the Polish nation of Nazi-era atrocities took effect. Also Thursday, senior Israeli and Polish diplomats met in Jerusalem in a bid to resolve differences over the law.

The report highlights Polish anti-Semitism and persecution of Jews in the immediate aftermath of the Holocaust, and traces it back to a long history of Polish anti-Jewish legislation before World War II and anti-Jewish activities by Poles during the Holocaust. The 1946 document “analyzes the policies of the Polish Government, the current anti-Semitic manifestations, and the possibilities for Jewish survival in Poland” in the immediate aftermath of the Holocaust.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/1946-us-report-says-poles-persecuted-the-jews-as-vigorously-as-did-the-germans/

http://www.wiesenthal.com/atf/cf/%7B54d385e6-f1b9-4e9f-8e94-890c3e6dd277%7D/INTELLIGENCE-RESEARCH-REPORT-DEPT-OF-STATE_022218.PDF