Jew Killing WWII By Poles Justified Klukowski
Corrected Misquotes of Jan T. Gross and Jan Grabowski vel Abramer. Poles Started Killing Jews in Order to Protect Themselves From Jewish Banditry. Otherwise, Some Poles Denounced and Killed Fugitive Jews Just Like They Denounced or Killed Other Poles
This diary, centered on Szczebrzeszyn/Zamosc and environs, touches on daily life during the 1939 German-Soviet conquest of Poland, the German occupation, German preparations for Operation Barbarossa, Odilo Globocnik’s de-Polonization project and Polish guerrilla resistance against it (e. g., pp. 229-233, 253-254), etc.
JEWISH-SOVIET COLLABORATION AGAINST POLES
What about the Zydokomuna (Bolshevized Judaism)? During the 1939 Soviet/German transfer of territory, “Many Jews left Szczebrzeszyn with the Soviet army, especially those who were part of the Red militia.” (p. 38).
NO “SPECTATORS”: POLES SYSTEMATICALLY BRUTALIZED BY THE GERMAN ENEMY
The German occupation was characterized by: Confiscation of educational materials (p. 72, 106), mass murders–especially of the Polish intelligentsia (p. 140), the destruction of youth (p. 87), destruction of churches (p. 112), destruction of national culture (p. 140), mass deportations for forced labor (p. 137), promotion of alcoholism (p. 132), etc. For all the current emphasis on Jews and Poles being unequal victims, their experiences overlapped considerably: “It is legal for Germans to shoot Poles and Jews.” (p. 101). “The Germans are beating the workers for no reason, Poles as well as Jews.” (p. 121). “The Germans are taking good furniture, carpets, and paintings from private homes, not only Jewish but Polish also.” (p. 125). “…the court building…a sign reading,`Jews and Poles Not Allowed’.” (p. 134).
NO DIALECTIC OF THE VILLAINOUS POLISH CATHOLIC AND THE INNOCENT-VICTIM JEW
Klukowski’s diary has been twisted by professional Polonophobe Jan T. Gross, and more recently by his colleague Jan Grabowski vel Abrahamer, into an indictment of Polish conduct against Jews. Ironically, Klukowski himself warned against this: “Yesterday, a general destruction and looting of the stores took place, Polish and Jewish. But since there are more Jewish establishments than Polish, the common statement was, `They are plundering the Jews’.” (p. 28).
Did Poles have some kind of primitive drive to exploit and murder Jews? Hardly. It was a matter of severe wartime demoralization. Throughout this diary, there is frequent mention of mostly Pole-on-Pole robbery and banditry (including murder) (p.28,30,128,137,163,181,187,195,198, 201, 212, 216, 217, 244). In fact, “Approximately 30 robberies take place each day [at Zamosc]”.(p. 199).
THE FULL CONTEXT OF A COMMONLY-MISQUOTED VERSE BY JAN T. GROSS AND JAN GRABOWSKI VEL ABRAHAMER: POLES KILLED JEWS BECAUSE OF JEWISH BANDITRY, NOT SOME SPONTANEOUS BLOODLUST AGAINST JEWS
The following is a statement that has been taken out of context. It is now quoted with the proper context: “There are several Jews active with the bandits. The villages have turned against the Jews because of this and try to find them in the fields and forests. It is hard to believe but the attitude toward Jews is changing. There are many people who see the Jews not as human beings but as animals that must be destroyed.” (p. 227). The rampant banditry is what explains eventual Polish anti-Jewish attitudes, not the Poles starting to imitate the Nazis by de-humanizing the Jews.
Gross and Grabowski ignore the first two sentences in the quote, misleading the reader to believe that Poles were spontaneously waxing evil and treating Jews as objects of legitimate destruction. They were not. They were growing weary of Jewish banditry, and were now reacting in accordance with their need for self-protection. Two entirely different things.
WARTIME DEMORALIZATION: NOT ONLY FUGITIVE JEWS WERE DENOUNCED BY POLES!
Now consider Pole-on-Pole denunciations:
(p. 57,77,85,87,89,110,136,205,232,249,256,257,258,335). These stemmed from such things as social de-moralization (p. 77), simple meanness (p. 87), etc. Klukowski’s obvious inclination towards recording ignoble Pole-on-Pole conduct explains the frequency of his references to comparable ignoble Pole-on-Jew conduct. Finally, all the Polish misdeeds must be placed in proper geographical and numerical context, so as not to appear more common than they actually were. They occurred not in one small village, but over a large geographic area, out of a sampled population base of many thousands (if not tens of thousands) of Poles.
THE GERMAN, NOT POLISH, IDENTITY OF THE GENDARMES
Jan T. Gross and Jan Grabowski (in his JUDENJAGD, THE HUNT FOR THE JEWS) both misrepresent “our own gendarmes” and “Blue Police” killing Jews. (p. 219). Actually, the gendarmes and part of the “Blue Police” (POLICJA GRANATOWA) were VOLKSDEUTSCHE (p. 222), and the ethnic Poles in the “Blue Police”, usually not collaborators, were often forced by the Germans to perform collaborative deeds. Also, not mentioned is the fact that: “…the Jewish police are very active in hunting the Jews. They know the hiding places…” (p. 223). It is also forgotten that fugitive Jews turning themselves in was a “common occurrence”. (pp. 225-226). All of this reminds us that the much-mentioned alleged low survivorship of fugitive Jews does not necessarily mean that the Poles were primarily at fault.
NO MONOLITHIC POLISH ATTITUDES TOWARDS FUGITIVE JEWS
Poles hid and aided Jews. (p. 237,247,256). Ridicule of suffering Jews was true of SOME Poles (p. 102,197), as were expressions of sympathy by “the whole [Polish] population” (pp. 163-164) in other instances. The Gross-emphasized Polish “acquisitiveness” of post-Jewish properties was hardly aimed specifically at Jews. It was also true of German-abandoned properties. (pp. 161-162).
LOCAL UKRAINIAN NAZI COLLABORATORS
On another subject, mention is made of the local administrative and other privileges of Ukrainian collaborators (p. 83,106,114,159,269), their settling at the expense of Poles (p. 272), and of their assassinations by Poles (p. 273,293,304). The latter has been misrepresented by past and present OUN-UPA apologists as an ethnic cleansing of Ukrainians, and made into a pretext for the OUN-UPA genocide of Poles further east, and in the area. (p. 259,286,310,316-317).
Corrected Misquotes of Jan T. Gross and Jan Grabowski vel Abramer. Poles Started Killing Jews in Order to Protect Themselves From Jewish Banditry. Otherwise, Some Poles Denounced and Killed Fugitive Jews Just Like They Denounced or Killed Other Poles
This diary, centered on Szczebrzeszyn/Zamosc and environs, touches on daily life during the 1939 German-Soviet conquest of Poland, the German occupation, German preparations for Operation Barbarossa, Odilo Globocnik’s de-Polonization project and Polish guerrilla resistance against it (e. g., pp. 229-233, 253-254), etc.
JEWISH-SOVIET COLLABORATION AGAINST POLES
What about the Zydokomuna (Bolshevized Judaism)? During the 1939 Soviet/German transfer of territory, “Many Jews left Szczebrzeszyn with the Soviet army, especially those who were part of the Red militia.” (p. 38).
NO “SPECTATORS”: POLES SYSTEMATICALLY BRUTALIZED BY THE GERMAN ENEMY
The German occupation was characterized by: Confiscation of educational materials (p. 72, 106), mass murders–especially of the Polish intelligentsia (p. 140), the destruction of youth (p. 87), destruction of churches (p. 112), destruction of national culture (p. 140), mass deportations for forced labor (p. 137), promotion of alcoholism (p. 132), etc. For all the current emphasis on Jews and Poles being unequal victims, their experiences overlapped considerably: “It is legal for Germans to shoot Poles and Jews.” (p. 101). “The Germans are beating the workers for no reason, Poles as well as Jews.” (p. 121). “The Germans are taking good furniture, carpets, and paintings from private homes, not only Jewish but Polish also.” (p. 125). “…the court building…a sign reading,`Jews and Poles Not Allowed’.” (p. 134).
NO DIALECTIC OF THE VILLAINOUS POLISH CATHOLIC AND THE INNOCENT-VICTIM JEW
Klukowski’s diary has been twisted by professional Polonophobe Jan T. Gross, and more recently by his colleague Jan Grabowski vel Abrahamer, into an indictment of Polish conduct against Jews. Ironically, Klukowski himself warned against this: “Yesterday, a general destruction and looting of the stores took place, Polish and Jewish. But since there are more Jewish establishments than Polish, the common statement was, `They are plundering the Jews’.” (p. 28).
Did Poles have some kind of primitive drive to exploit and murder Jews? Hardly. It was a matter of severe wartime demoralization. Throughout this diary, there is frequent mention of mostly Pole-on-Pole robbery and banditry (including murder) (p.28,30,128,137,163,181,187,195,198, 201, 212, 216, 217, 244). In fact, “Approximately 30 robberies take place each day [at Zamosc]”.(p. 199).
THE FULL CONTEXT OF A COMMONLY-MISQUOTED VERSE BY JAN T. GROSS AND JAN GRABOWSKI VEL ABRAHAMER: POLES KILLED JEWS BECAUSE OF JEWISH BANDITRY, NOT SOME SPONTANEOUS BLOODLUST AGAINST JEWS
The following is a statement that has been taken out of context. It is now quoted with the proper context: “There are several Jews active with the bandits. The villages have turned against the Jews because of this and try to find them in the fields and forests. It is hard to believe but the attitude toward Jews is changing. There are many people who see the Jews not as human beings but as animals that must be destroyed.” (p. 227). The rampant banditry is what explains eventual Polish anti-Jewish attitudes, not the Poles starting to imitate the Nazis by de-humanizing the Jews.
Gross and Grabowski ignore the first two sentences in the quote, misleading the reader to believe that Poles were spontaneously waxing evil and treating Jews as objects of legitimate destruction. They were not. They were growing weary of Jewish banditry, and were now reacting in accordance with their need for self-protection. Two entirely different things.
WARTIME DEMORALIZATION: NOT ONLY FUGITIVE JEWS WERE DENOUNCED BY POLES!
Now consider Pole-on-Pole denunciations:
(p. 57,77,85,87,89,110,136,205,232,249,256,257,258,335). These stemmed from such things as social de-moralization (p. 77), simple meanness (p. 87), etc. Klukowski’s obvious inclination towards recording ignoble Pole-on-Pole conduct explains the frequency of his references to comparable ignoble Pole-on-Jew conduct. Finally, all the Polish misdeeds must be placed in proper geographical and numerical context, so as not to appear more common than they actually were. They occurred not in one small village, but over a large geographic area, out of a sampled population base of many thousands (if not tens of thousands) of Poles.
THE GERMAN, NOT POLISH, IDENTITY OF THE GENDARMES
Jan T. Gross and Jan Grabowski (in his JUDENJAGD, THE HUNT FOR THE JEWS) both misrepresent “our own gendarmes” and “Blue Police” killing Jews. (p. 219). Actually, the gendarmes and part of the “Blue Police” (POLICJA GRANATOWA) were VOLKSDEUTSCHE (p. 222), and the ethnic Poles in the “Blue Police”, usually not collaborators, were often forced by the Germans to perform collaborative deeds. Also, not mentioned is the fact that: “…the Jewish police are very active in hunting the Jews. They know the hiding places…” (p. 223). It is also forgotten that fugitive Jews turning themselves in was a “common occurrence”. (pp. 225-226). All of this reminds us that the much-mentioned alleged low survivorship of fugitive Jews does not necessarily mean that the Poles were primarily at fault.
NO MONOLITHIC POLISH ATTITUDES TOWARDS FUGITIVE JEWS
Poles hid and aided Jews. (p. 237,247,256). Ridicule of suffering Jews was true of SOME Poles (p. 102,197), as were expressions of sympathy by “the whole [Polish] population” (pp. 163-164) in other instances. The Gross-emphasized Polish “acquisitiveness” of post-Jewish properties was hardly aimed specifically at Jews. It was also true of German-abandoned properties. (pp. 161-162).
LOCAL UKRAINIAN NAZI COLLABORATORS
On another subject, mention is made of the local administrative and other privileges of Ukrainian collaborators (p. 83,106,114,159,269), their settling at the expense of Poles (p. 272), and of their assassinations by Poles (p. 273,293,304). The latter has been misrepresented by past and present OUN-UPA apologists as an ethnic cleansing of Ukrainians, and made into a pretext for the OUN-UPA genocide of Poles further east, and in the area. (p. 259,286,310,316-317).
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