Judenrat on trial: postwar Polish Jewry sits in judgment of its wartime leader
TitleJudenrat on trial: postwar Polish Jewry sits in judgment of its wartime leader
Author
Call number940.5318/0448
Object number04759c
Place of publicationDetroit, Michigan, United States
PublisherWayne State University Press
Year of publication
2015
Physical descriptionpp83-106
MaterialArticle
ISBN9780814338773
NotesArticle from the book 'Jewish honor courts: revenge, retribution and reconciliation in Europe and Israel after the Holocaust' pp83-106.
Description
Examines how surviving Jewish council members fared in the Jewish honour court in postwar Poland. The legal staff and judges acted with circumspection frustrating strong sentiments in both the Jewish leadership and the remnants of Jews in Poland to punish collaborators in the community, including Jewish council members who were still alive after the war
