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Graves of Polish Jews among the fallen soldiers of the Polish Defensive War of 1939; Powązki Cemetery, Warsaw

From the Middle Ages until the Holocaust, Jews comprised a significant part of the Polish population. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, known as a "Jewish paradise" for its religious tolerance, attracted numerous Jews who fled persecution from other European countries, even though, at times, discrimination against Jews surfaced as it did elsewhere in Europe. Poland was a major spiritual and cultural center for Ashkenazi Jewry, and Polish Jews made major contributions to Polish cultural, economic, and political life. At the start of the Second World War, Poland had the largest Jewish population in the world (over 3 million[3]), the vast majority of whom were killed by the Nazis in the Holocaust during the German occupation of Poland, particularly through the implementation of the "Final Solution" mass extermination program. Only 369,000 (11%) survived. After massive postwar emigration, the current Polish Jewish population stands at somewhere between 8,000 and 20,000.

Note that the list includes people of Jewish faith, Ashkenazi culture and/or Jewish ancestry.

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Menachem Begin - Biography
  2. ^ David Ben-Gurion The First Prime Minister
  3. ^ Antisemitism And Racism
  4. ^ The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Burton
  5. ^ PRZEKRÓJ - Trzeci Kaczyński
  6. ^ CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Julian Klaczko
  7. ^ http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0834786.html
  8. ^ Shimon Peres - Biography
  9. ^ Yitzhak Shamir - Britannica Online Encyclopedia
  10. ^ Notes for an Autobiography
  11. ^ Looking for The Political Graveyard?
  12. ^ Canadian Jewish News: "was born in 1898 near Łódź , into a traditional Jewish family" Accessed 10 November 2006.
  13. ^ Gaspar da Gama
  14. ^ Tributes to Sir Hersch Lauterpacht
  15. ^ Concise Dictionary of National Biography: born in Poland of Jewish parents
  16. ^ (British Dictionary of National Biography)
  17. ^ Jewish Encyclopedia
  18. ^ Concise Dictionary of National Biography: "born in Prussian Poland of Jewish parents"
  19. ^ http://www.znak.com.pl/eurodialog/ed/2/weksler.html.po
  20. ^ http://www.angelfire.com/scifi2/rsolecki/roald_hoffmann.html
  21. ^ Henryk Makower
  22. ^ [1] Polish
  23. ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica, art, "Talmon, Jacob"
  24. ^ Kirshenblatt, Mayer and Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett. They called me Mayer July: Painted memories of a Jewish childhood in Poland before the Holocaust. University of California Press. Los Angeles:2007.
  25. ^ Concise Dictionary of National Biography: "born of Jewish parents in Warsaw"
  26. ^ British Concise Dictionary of National Biography: "born at Breslau of Polish-Jewish parentage"
  27. ^ review of the Audio Encyclopedia, Stars of David "This disc contains over 600 complete recordings of almost 200 singers of Jewish heritage" including Jan Kiepura; accessed 16 November 2006. The New York Times, August 10, 2005 The Kiepuras' European ascendancy was cut short by the rise of the Nazis; both had Jewish mothers." Accessed 16 November 2006.
  28. ^ Dia-Pozytyw: Ludzie Sylwetki Biografie
  29. ^ Dia-Pozytyw: Ludzie Sylwetki Biografie
  30. ^ [2]: "She was Jewish" Accessed 9 February 2007
  31. ^ Piotr Skrzynecki
  32. ^ Jewish Film Festival
  33. ^ Dia-Pozytyw: Ludzie Sylwetki Biografie
  34. ^ Kazimierz Brandys - Britannica Online Encyclopedia
  35. ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica, art. Jasienski, Bruno
  36. ^ List Teodora Parnickiego do Jerzego Giedroycia
  37. ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica, art. Stern, Anatol
  38. ^ David Frum on National Review Online
  39. ^ Aleksander Wat: Life and Art of an Iconoclast
  40. ^ Dia-Pozytyw: Ludzie Sylwetki Biografie
  41. ^ Dia-Pozytyw: Ludzie Sylwetki Biografie
  42. ^ Dia-Pozytyw: Ludzie Sylwetki Biografie
  43. ^ Dia-Pozytyw: Ludzie Sylwetki Biografie
  44. ^ Dia-Pozytyw: Ludzie Sylwetki Biografie
  45. ^ Dia-Pozytyw: Ludzie Sylwetki Biografie
  46. ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica, art. "Chess"
  47. ^ JewProm
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