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Introduction
- Robert Brym (author)
Chapter of: The Last Years of Polish Jewry: Volume 2: The Permanent Pogrom, 1935–37(pp. 1–10)
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| Title | Introduction |
|---|---|
| Contributor | Robert Brym (author) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0342.00 |
| Landing page | https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0342/chapters/10.11647/obp.0342.00 |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
| Copyright | Yankev Leshchinsky |
| Publisher | Open Book Publishers |
| Published on | 2024-09-16 |
| Long abstract | Pogroms are commonly defined as ethnic riots that last several days and involve a large number of assailants and victims. Some events that took place in Poland from 1935 to 1937 fit this definition, but conditions in Poland during this period more closely resemble what Leshchinsky calls a “permanent pogrom”—a single, sustained collective event stretching over nearly three years and involving many discrete bursts of property destruction and interpersonal violence varying widely in duration, intensity, and level of participation. The permanent pogrom normalized fear in Poland’s Jewish population. Organized groups of Jewish workers in particular managed to fight assailants and organize anti-pogrom protests, but on the whole Jewish resistance was piecemeal and largely ineffective. Leshchinsky recognized that the permanent pogrom stemmed from the incompatibility between Polish industrialization and the ethnic composition of the country’s class structure. However, the timing, scope, and severity of violence were largely the outcome of political circumstances. |
| Page range | pp. 1–10 |
| Print length | 10 pages |
| Language | English (Translated_into) |
| Yiddish (Original) |
Contributors
Robert Brym
(author)SD Clark Professor of Sociology Emeritus at University of Toronto
Associate of the Centre for Jewish Studies at University of Toronto
Robert Brym, FRSC, is SD Clark Professor of Sociology Emeritus and an Associate of the Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto. His latest works include Robert Brym and Randal Schnoor, eds, The Ever-Dying People? Canada’s Jews in Comparative Perspective (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2023) and “Jews and Israel 2024: Canadian Attitudes, Jewish Perceptions,” Canadian Jewish Studies/Études Juives Canadiennes (38: 2024), 6–89. For downloads of Brym’s published work, visit https://utoronto.academia.edu/RobertBrym