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Friday, August 10 • 09:00 - 10:00
“We are against Anti-Semitism, but we fight Zionism as Jewish Nationalism…” Anti-Zionism in Poland in 1950s and 1960s

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In one of his speeches, the leader of the Communist Party in Poland, Wladyslaw Gomulka said that the Party is against any form of Anti-Semitism, but it cannot accept and will fight Zionism as Jewish Nationalism. This rhetoric has had its continuation in action against the local Jews. This presentation will explore the anti-Zionist tensions in Poland under the communist regime as part of a wider tendency in Central Europe (Soviet bloc countries). The consequences of the Anti-Zionist Campaign will be discussed as well, including the recent commemoration of 50th Anniversary of March ’68 in Poland.
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Edyta Gawron

Edyta specialises in the 20th-century and Holocaust history of Polish Jewry as Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies at Jagiellonian University in Krakow. She has published several studies of the wartime and post-war history of Polish Jews. She is President of the Board of the Galicia... Read More →

Friday August 10, 2018 09:00 - 10:00 SAST
Sea Point (Room 20)
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