No Bob, you are completely wrong.
Majority of Poles were NOT hostile to the Jews. Attempts to portray Christians Poles as Nazi collaborators is an absurd propagated by some Jewish groups and individuals.
German terror reigned throughout Poland and the chances for Jews to remaining successfully hidden depended on close ties with the Polish community. Generally Poles were not willing to hide Jews who might have escaped ghettoes simply due to fear for ones own life and not anti-Semitism. The murder of Polish inhabitants by the Germans was common even for lesser infractions, let alone for rendering assistance to Jews. The criminal ruthlessness of the Germans towards the Jews was accompanied by the very same ruthlessness towards the Poles who helped them, no matter for what reasons. |
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