Jews in the Polish Security Apparatus: An Attempt to Test the Stereotype
Jews in the Polish Security Apparatus: An Attempt to Test the Stereotype
This chapter assesses the issue of Jews in the Urzędy Bezpieczeństwa (Polish security apparatus, UB), which includes that of the relationship of Jews to communism as well as of Poles to Jews, and also perhaps of Jews to Poles. The disproportionate number of Jews in the communist movement and in radical leftist movements in general is unquestioned, though the time frame is difficult to define. From a certain moment, and certainly from the 1950s, there was an outflow of Jews from these movements rather than the reverse. Moreover, only a minority of Jews laid claim to the possibility of entry. In spite of this, and regardless of their many and varied motivations, this disproportionate number influenced the attitude of Poles and other nationalities towards Jews in general, and was at times the subject of controversy among Jews themselves. The chapter then looks at the Jewish participation in the Polish security apparatus in the years 1944-56.
Keywords: Jews, Polish security apparatus, communism, Poles, communist movement, radical leftist movements
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