Polish government-in-exile: national unity and weakness
TitreThe Polish government-in-exile: national unity and weakness
Auteur
Call numberS940.5318/005
N° d'objet05556hc
Lieu de publicationLondon, England
EditeurVallentine Mitchell
Année de publication
2012
Dimensionspp95-118
MatérielArticle
NotesArticle from the journal 'Holocaust Studies: a journal of culture and history' Vol.18 No.2-3 Autumn/Winter 2012 pp95-118
Article in the book 'Governments -in-exile and the Jews during the Second World War' pp151-174
Article in the book 'Governments -in-exile and the Jews during the Second World War' pp151-174
Description
The Polish government-in-exile was the legal representative of the largest group of Holocaust victims and of the land where most of the ghettoisation and killing took place. Its policies towards the Jews resulted from a combination of factors. It was unprepared for the horror of the Holocaust, as were all Allied governments, and its responses were either ineffective or reluctant and delayed