Polish Partisan Formations during 1942–1944 in Jewish Testimonies

This article aims to present the picture of Polish partisans in the accounts of Jewish survivors, based on materials from the Archive of the Jewish Historical Institute. This texts discusses the following Polish underground military formations: the Home Army, Peasants' Battalions, socialist ar...

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Main Author: Aleksandra Bańkowska
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Published: Stowarzyszenie Centrum Badan nad Zaglada Zydow 2008-12-01
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Online Access:https://zagladazydow.pl/index.php/zz/article/view/77
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description This article aims to present the picture of Polish partisans in the accounts of Jewish survivors, based on materials from the Archive of the Jewish Historical Institute. This texts discusses the following Polish underground military formations: the Home Army, Peasants' Battalions, socialist armed groups, the National Armed Forces and the People's Guard /Army (GL/AL). In her discussion of pro-independence armed formations, the author emphasises. the feeling of danger still present in those accounts, fear of death even from the partisans. The accounts mention a number of murders as well as difficulties Jews encountered when they wanted to join partisan outfits, not to mention refusals of co-operation from Poles. Testimonies about GL/AL differ from previous ones by their “insider” perspective, as most of them come from Jews, GL partisans. Perhaps that is why they are dominated by a favourable picture of communist partisans, even though several accounts mention conflicts between the commanders and the Jewish GL partisan outfits
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spelling doaj-art-9738db0fdba14b438f46a4dbbcc258ef2025-08-20T03:11:03ZdeuStowarzyszenie Centrum Badan nad Zaglada ZydowZagłada Żydów1895-247X2657-35712008-12-0110.32927/ZZSiM.77Polish Partisan Formations during 1942–1944 in Jewish TestimoniesAleksandra Bańkowska0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1037-0550Jewish Historical Institute This article aims to present the picture of Polish partisans in the accounts of Jewish survivors, based on materials from the Archive of the Jewish Historical Institute. This texts discusses the following Polish underground military formations: the Home Army, Peasants' Battalions, socialist armed groups, the National Armed Forces and the People's Guard /Army (GL/AL). In her discussion of pro-independence armed formations, the author emphasises. the feeling of danger still present in those accounts, fear of death even from the partisans. The accounts mention a number of murders as well as difficulties Jews encountered when they wanted to join partisan outfits, not to mention refusals of co-operation from Poles. Testimonies about GL/AL differ from previous ones by their “insider” perspective, as most of them come from Jews, GL partisans. Perhaps that is why they are dominated by a favourable picture of communist partisans, even though several accounts mention conflicts between the commanders and the Jewish GL partisan outfits https://zagladazydow.pl/index.php/zz/article/view/77HolocaustJewsNational Armed ForcesHome ArmytestimoniesPeople's Guard /Army
spellingShingle Aleksandra Bańkowska
Polish Partisan Formations during 1942–1944 in Jewish Testimonies
Zagłada Żydów
Holocaust
Jews
National Armed Forces
Home Army
testimonies
People's Guard /Army
title Polish Partisan Formations during 1942–1944 in Jewish Testimonies
title_full Polish Partisan Formations during 1942–1944 in Jewish Testimonies
title_fullStr Polish Partisan Formations during 1942–1944 in Jewish Testimonies
title_full_unstemmed Polish Partisan Formations during 1942–1944 in Jewish Testimonies
title_short Polish Partisan Formations during 1942–1944 in Jewish Testimonies
title_sort polish partisan formations during 1942 1944 in jewish testimonies
topic Holocaust
Jews
National Armed Forces
Home Army
testimonies
People's Guard /Army
url https://zagladazydow.pl/index.php/zz/article/view/77
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