Social And Political History Of The Jews In Poland 1919 1939 PDF Download

Contains two books bound in one volume. "The Political History of Polish Jewry, 1918-1919, " by I. Lewin (pp. 1-220) describes the struggle of Jews for political rights in Poland (and their internal struggle for representation in the Sejm) during the process of organization of Poland as an independent state until it signed the Minority Treaty in Versailles on 28 June 1919. Deals with tensions of the postwar period, including antisemitic manifestations and pogroms in Chelm, Cracow, Lvov, Pinsk, and other localities. "The National Autonomy of Eastern-Galician Jewry in the West-Ukrainian Republic, 1918-1919, " by N.M. Gelber (pp. 221-317) discusses the situation of the Jews and struggle for their rights in the Ukraine, against the background of the Polish-Ukrainian war and emergence of the West Ukrainian Republic in 1918. The Poles wished to assimilate the Jews and form a common front against the Ukrainians. The Jews wished to remain neutral. Analyzes the implications for the Jews, Poles, and Ukrainians of Jewish attempts at neutrality. Deals with conditions which led to the pogrom in Lvov in November 1918, and with the antisemitism of civilian and military authorities in the West Ukrainian Republic which, however, offered Jews full cultural and national autonomy.