Polokaust Disenfranchised By Holocaust SMOKING GUN Cherry

Rethinking Poles and Jews: Troubled Past, Brighter Future, by Robert D. Cherry (Editor). 2007

SMOKING GUN: The Holocaust Establishment Disenfranchises Poles and Cultivates Polonophobia, Notably in Academia

Robert Cherry is identified as Koppelman Professor in the Economics Department at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center at the City University of New York. (p. 229).

SURVEYING ANTI-POLISH ATITUDES

Cherry compared the agreement of various groups with certain common Holocaust-related statements about the Catholic Church and about Poles. The groups included, in the survey, Polish and Jewish individuals involved in Polish-Jewish dialogue, members of Polish and Jewish fraternal organizations, and academicians who were Polish, Jewish, or neither. (Table 4.1, p. 71).

The statements, towards which percentage of agreement was measured, included: Catholic teachings promoting anti-Semitism, Home Army desiring full rights for Jews, Polish indifference to Jews generated by acquisition of post-Jewish properties, etc. Notice that all the statements are one-sided and Judeocentric: They all revolve around how Poles are “supposed” to have felt about the Jews, and what Poles “should” have done for the Jews. There is not a hint of admission of the Polokaust, much less any Jewish wrongdoing.

POLISH-JEWISH DIALOGUE IS OF LITTLE VALUE

In each of the three categories, Jews were much more negative towards Poland and Catholicism than were Poles. In fact, on some questions (e. g., Questions 7 and 8, on Christian teachings and Catholic officials, the Jews surveyed were almost unanimously negative towards Catholicism regardless of their involvement or lack thereof in Jewish—Polish dialogue.

THE JUDAIZATION OF ACADEMIA: IN HOLOCAUST-RELATED MATTERS, AT LEAST, NON-JEWISH PROFESSORS ARE ALMOST AS ANTI-POLISH AS ARE JEWISH PROFESSORS

The most telling result is the following: among academicians, the anti-Polish sentiments of non-Jewish academicians were almost as great as the anti-Polish sentiments of Jewish academicians. (See Table 4.1, p. 71). The opinions of Polish academics were poles apart (pardon the pun) from the non-Polish academicians.

RESEARCHER ROBERT CHERRY ACKNOWLEDGES THE OBVIOUS

“The evidence presented strongly suggests that complaints in the Polish American community about the anti-Polish faculty who teach Holocaust-related courses are well-founded; not surprisingly, these stereotypes are strongest among nonhistorians. One needs to take into consideration that even if the topics are not formally included in course syllabi, anti-Polish views could likely emerge in other, informal ways.” (p. 76).

POLES EFFECTIVELY SHUT OUT OF OPINION-FORMING INSTITUTIONS

Dr. Robert Cherry candidly concludes that, “In addition, the impact of the views held by Polish academicians and Jewish faculty members is unequal. [Reviewer’s comment: That’s putting it mildly.] Jewish faculty tech Holocaust courses throughout the country, courses that enroll tens of thousands of students annually. They organize conferences and influence museum presentations of historical events. Moreover, as a result of the sympathies the public has for Jewish victims, the views of Jewish college teachers and survivors are too often uncritically accepted.” (p. 77).
Author Cherry continues, “By contrast, Polish academicians do not have a significant forum to promote their views to the general public. [Reviewer’s comment: Yeah, no kidding.] Numerically they are a much smaller group, which limits their influence; and there are few Polish studies programs through which they can circulate their assessments. It is only within Polish American communities that their views dominate.” (p. 77).

POLONOPHOBIA THEN AND NOW: NOTHING HAS CHANGED

This book was published now 11 years ago. Holocaust Supremacism continues its interminable reign, and the Holocaust-related Polonophobia in opinion-forming institutions (media, academia, and the entertainment industry) continues unabated. Then again, so long as one particular genocide (the Jews’ Holocaust) is elevated above all others, and everything negative in Polish-Jewish relations is automatically blamed on Poles and Catholicism (with Jews almost entirely exempt from criticism of their conduct), how could it possibly be otherwise?