Neighbors: the Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland

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One summer day in 1941, half of the Polish town of Jedwabne murdered the other half, 1,600 men, women, and children, all but seven of the town's Jews. Neighbors tells their story. This is a shocking, brutal story that has never before been told. It is the most important study of Polish-Jewish relations to be published in decades and should become a classic of Holocaust literature. Jan Gross pieces together eyewitness accounts and other evidence into an engulfing reconstruction of the horrific July day remembered well by locals but forgotten by history. His investigation.;Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Outline of the Story; Sources; Before the War; Soviet Occupation, 1939-1941; The Outbreak of the Russo-German War and the Pogrom in Radziłów; Preparations; Who Murdered the Jews of Jedwabne?; The Murder; Plunder; Intimate Biographies; Anachronism; What Do People Remember?; Collective Responsibility; New Approach to Sources; Is It Possible to Be Simultaneously a Victim and a Victimizer?; Collaboration; Social Support for Stalinism; For a New Historiography; Postscript; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W. Cover Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Outline of the Story Sources Before the War Soviet Occupation, 1939-1941 The Outbreak of the Russo-German War and the Pogrom in Radziłów Preparations Who Murdered the Jews of Jedwabne? The Murder Plunder Intimate Biographies Anachronism What Do People Remember? Collective Responsibility New Approach to Sources Is It Possible to Be Simultaneously a Victim and a Victimizer? Collaboration Social Support for Stalinism For a New Historiography Postscript Notes Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W.