industrial and social structure of the Jewish population of Interbellum Poland

Discusses the economic aspects of the life of the Polish Jewish community. Prior to World War I, Poland had been divided among three empires. The new state had 63.6% Poles, 21.4% Ukrainians, 10.5% Jews and 3.8% Germans.The disintegration of the Russian and Austro-Hungarian empires brought radical changes in the life of the Jewish population of Eastern Europe. This was particularly true in Poland. Before the war the Jewish minority was under the protection of the central Austrian and German governments. The fall of the three empires wiped out these advantages