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The massacre in Jedwabne, July 10, 1941 : before, during, and after by Chodakiewicz, Marek Jan, 1962- is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The Massacre in Jedwabne, a detailed study of the mass murder of Jewish townspeople in Poland in 1941, is published by Columbia University Press and East European Monographs. The publisher's description of the book follows: "On July 10, 1941, the Jewish inhabitants in the small Polish town of Jedwabne were massacred by German policemen and some Polish townsmen and peasants. Chodakiewicz provides us with a criminal investigation of this mass murder. In this detailed study of a small area in Poland, Chodakiewicz examines the conditions that led to the heinous slaughter of Jedwabne's Jewish population. A dominant interpretation of this event depicts the Germans as the perpetrators of the crime while the Poles looked on. An alternative version suggests that the Germans plotted the crime, while the Poles executed the slaughter. The author argues that these two competing theses are not supported by the available evidence. Despite the limitation of sources, Chodakiewicz emphasizes a comprehensive methodology using all available documents, testimonies, oral recollections, and forensic and other physical evidence to reconstruct the history. In addition, Chodakiewicz provides an alternative

Who reads The massacre in Jedwabne, July 10, 1941 : before, during, and after?

Author

Chodakiewicz, Marek Jan, 1962-

Publisher

Boulder, CO: East European Monographs ; New York: Distributed by Columbia University Press

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780880335546

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Humanities