Christian corpses for Christians! Dissecting the antisemitism behind the cadaver affair of the second Polish Republic
TitelChristian corpses for Christians! Dissecting the antisemitism behind the cadaver affair of the second Polish Republic
Forfatter
Call number940.531809438/0025
Objektnummer08356a
UdgivelsesstedFrankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
UdgiverPeter Lang
Udgivelsesår
2012
Pagineringpp9-28
MaterialeArticle
SerieWarsaw studies in Jewish history and memory ; v. 1.
ISBN9783631631249
NoterArticle from the book 'The Holocaust in ocupied Poland: new findings and new interpretations' pp9-28
Beskrivelse
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
