1930s Poland Jewish Economic Hegemony Persists Dyboski

Ten Centuries of Polish History, by Roman Dyboski. 1937

1930’s Poland: Debunking the “German Minority Has it Bad” Selective Indignation. Improving Polish-Ukrainian Relations. Continued Jewish Economic Hegemony Thwarts Jewish-Polish Reconciliation

This brief book touches on the main features of Polish history, and then summarizes major events in interwar Poland.

THE “GERMANS HAVE IT BAD” PHONY INDIGNATION

In contrast to perennial Nazi German complaints about how the German minority is being treated in Poland, Dyboski points out that “…it must be emphasized that the one million Poles under Germany receive much less favorable treatment than the Germans in Poland.” (p. 29).

THE IMPROVING POLISH-UKRAINIAN RELATIONS

Dyboski writes, (quote) Of late, the efforts of governments guided by the principles of Marshal Pilsudski have succeeded in producing a body of Ukrainian opinion favorable to collaboration with Poland, and the prosperous development of rural cooperatives in the highly fertile parts of the country is also bound to diminish discontent. (unquote). (p. 30).

POLISH-JEWISH RELATIONS: THE LEGACY OF JEWISH POLITICAL SEPARATISM (E. G, ROOTS OF THE NARUTOWICZ ASSASSINATION), MEDIA POLONOPHOBIA, AND JEWISH ECONOMIC DOMINANCE

Dyboski comments, (quote) During the first period of the new Poland’s existence, the problem had been in a very acute stage, manifested by persistent Jewish opposition in the Polish Parliament and by the constant anti-Polish propaganda of Jewish journalists abroad. After the improvement in Pilsudski’s time, tension has considerably increased again lately, on a basis of fierce economic competition produced by the crisis after 1929. The problem remains essentially one of numbers–a percentage considerably over ten in the country as a whole, with more than four-fifths of the country’s trade in the hands of the Jewish element… (unquote). (p. 30).