Christian corpses for Christians! Dissecting the antisemitism behind the cadaver affair of the second Polish Republic
TitleChristian corpses for Christians! Dissecting the antisemitism behind the cadaver affair of the second Polish Republic
Author
Call number940.531809438/0025
Object number08356a
Place of publicationFrankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
PublisherPeter Lang
Year of publication
2012
Physical descriptionpp9-28
MaterialArticle
Series titleWarsaw studies in Jewish history and memory ; v. 1.
ISBN9783631631249
NotesArticle from the book 'The Holocaust in ocupied Poland: new findings and new interpretations' pp9-28
Description
The so-called 'cadaver affair' first erupted in Vilno in 1921, when Polish students demanded a contribution of cadavers from the Jewish community proportionate to the number of Jewish medical students at the Stefan Batory University. They threatened to block their Jewish colleagues from participating in anatomy lectures and laboratory classes if no such contributions were made
