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After 1976 Alina Cała was a collaborator of the [[Workers' Defence Committee]] and [[Committee for Social Self-defence KOR]]. In the 1980s she also co-founded the [[folk high school]] in [[Zbrosza Duża]], perhaps the first institution for adult education independent from the communist authorities since the end of [[World War II]]. After 1989 she has been a feminist and pro-choice activist. She collaborates with the [[Greens 2004]] party.
After 1976 Alina Cała was a collaborator of the [[Workers' Defence Committee]] and [[Committee for Social Self-defence KOR]]. In the 1980s she also co-founded the [[folk high school]] in [[Zbrosza Duża]], perhaps the first institution for adult education independent from the communist authorities since the end of [[World War II]]. After 1989 she has been a feminist and pro-choice activist. She collaborates with the [[Greens 2004]] party.


As a historian, Alina Cała focuses mostly on Polish-Jewish relations in the last two centuries. Among her most important works is the ''Assimilation of Jews in the Kingom of Poland (1864-1897)'' (published in 1989).<ref name="asymilacja">{{pl icon}} {{cite book | author = | coauthors = | title =Asymilacja Żydów w Królestwie Polskim 1864-1897; postawy, konflikty, stereotypy | year =1989 | pages =407 | publisher =[[Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy]] | location =[[Warsaw]] | isbn=9788306017892 }}</ref> Her most cited work is ''The Image of the Jew in Polish Folk Culture'' (1st edition 1987), since then also published in English.<ref name="image">{{en icon}} {{cite book | author =Alina Cała | coauthors = | title =The image of the Jew in Polish folk culture | year =1995 | pages =235| publisher =Magnes Press, [[Hebrew University]] | location =[[Jerusalem]] | isbn=9789652239006 }}</ref> In recent years she published a variety of historical books on modern Polish-Jewish history, notably the ideological views of the last generation of Jewish-Polish youth before the war,<ref name="pokolenie">{{pl icon}} {{cite book | author =Alina Cała| title =Ostatnie pokolenie: autobiografie polskiej młodzieży żydowskiej okresu mie̜dzywojennego ze zbiorów [[YIVO Institute for Jewish Research]] w Nowym Jorku | year =2003 | pages =544 | publisher =Sic! | location =Warsaw | isbn=9788388807381 }}</ref> and the Polish-Jewish history between 1944 and 1968.
As a historian, Alina Cała focuses mostly on Polish-Jewish relations in the last two centuries. Among her most important works is the ''Assimilation of Jews in the Kingom of Poland (1864-1897)'' (published in 1989).<ref name="asymilacja">{{pl icon}} {{cite book | author = | coauthors = | title =Asymilacja Żydów w Królestwie Polskim 1864-1897; postawy, konflikty, stereotypy | year =1989 | pages =407 | publisher =Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy | location =[[Warsaw]] | isbn=9788306017892 }}</ref> Her most cited work is ''The Image of the Jew in Polish Folk Culture'' (1st edition 1987), since then also published in English.<ref name="image">{{en icon}} {{cite book | author =Alina Cała | coauthors = | title =The image of the Jew in Polish folk culture | year =1995 | pages =235| publisher =Magnes Press, [[Hebrew University]] | location =[[Jerusalem]] | isbn=9789652239006 }}</ref> In recent years she published a variety of historical books on modern Polish-Jewish history, notably the ideological views of the last generation of Jewish-Polish youth before the war,<ref name="pokolenie">{{pl icon}} {{cite book | author =Alina Cała| title =Ostatnie pokolenie: autobiografie polskiej młodzieży żydowskiej okresu mie̜dzywojennego ze zbiorów [[YIVO Institute for Jewish Research]] w Nowym Jorku | year =2003 | pages =544 | publisher =Sic! | location =Warsaw | isbn=9788388807381 }}</ref> and the Polish-Jewish history between 1944 and 1968.

==Controversy==
In her 2009 interview for ''[[Rzeczpospolita]]'' dr. Cała expressed an opinion that Poles were ''co-responsible'' for the [[Holocaust]].<ref name="Rzepa">{{pl icon}} {{cite journal | author =Piotr Zychowicz | year =2009 | month =May | title =Polacy jako naród nie zdali egzaminu | journal =[[Rzeczpospolita (newspaper)|Rzeczpospolita]] | volume = | issue =2009-05-25 | url =http://www.rp.pl/artykul/2,310528_Cala__Polacy_jako_narod__nie_zdali_egzaminu_.html | issn= 0208-9130 | accessdate =2009-12-23 }}</ref> Her interview caught the attention of the [[Institute of National Remembrance]] including both Prof. Andrzej Paczkowski, who's the head of its [[Collegium]] and dr. [[Piotr Gontarczyk]]; not to mention, [[dr]] Jerzy Woźniak, head of the government-sponsored [[Polish Society of War Veterans]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.ipn.gov.pl/wai/pl/18/9806/PRZEGLAD_MEDIOW__27_maja_2009.html/ |title= PRZEGLĄD MEDIÓW – 27 maja 2009 |author= Sebastian Górkiewicz, Andrzej Arseniuk |date= 27 May 2009 | publisher =[[Institute of National Remembrance]] |accessdate= December 23, 2009 |quote=To, co jest bardzo ważne i na co doktor Cała nie zwróciła uwagi to fakt, że w okupowanej Polsce nie było zorganizowanego antysemityzmu. Były działania jednostek, ale nie żadnych instytucji. To odróżnia Polskę od tego, co było w Rumunii, we Francji, a nawet w Holandii, gdzie urzędnicy przygotowywali dla Niemców spisy Żydów do wywiezienia. {{ndash}}Prof. Andrzej Paczkowski, president, Kolegium IPN, interview with Super Express, 27.05.2009 }}</ref> Prof. [[Andrzej Paczkowski]] explained in his subsequent interview with ''[[Super Express]]'' on 27 May 2009,<ref name="A-P">{{pl icon}} Franciszek Tyszka, [http://www.se.pl/wydarzenia/kraj/polski-antysemityzm-nie-by-zorganizowany_98456.html Controversial article by emploee of Jewish Historical Institute dr. Alina Cała commented on by historian Prof. Andrzej Paczkowski,] ''[[Super Express]]'' [[daily]], 27.05.2009</ref> that unlike the [[Vichy French]] or the [[Romania|Romanian]] [[Ion Antonescu#Antonescu and the Holocaust|Antonescu regime]], Poles did not form a pro-Nazi collaborationist government. Paczkowski appealed to Cała to acknowledge that even in presumably less antisemitic [[Holland]] the local administration helped the Germans with the Jewish population data which would have never taken place in [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|occupied Poland]] where there was no such official policy.<ref name="A-P" /><ref>{{pl icon}} [http://www.ipn.gov.pl/wai/pl/18/9806/PRZEGLAD_MEDIOW__27_maja_2009.html PRZEGLĄD MEDIÓW – 27 maja 2009,] [[Instytut Pamięci Narodowej]] (wersja tekstowa), 2009</ref>
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==References==
==References==

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Alina Cała (born 1953) is a Polish writer, historian and sociologist. An associate professor (adiunkt) of the Jewish Historical Institute,[1] she specialises in the history of 19th and 20th century Polish-Jewish history, antisemitism and Jewish assimilation in Central and Eastern Europe.

After 1976 Alina Cała was a collaborator of the Workers' Defence Committee and Committee for Social Self-defence KOR. In the 1980s she also co-founded the folk high school in Zbrosza Duża, perhaps the first institution for adult education independent from the communist authorities since the end of World War II. After 1989 she has been a feminist and pro-choice activist. She collaborates with the Greens 2004 party.

As a historian, Alina Cała focuses mostly on Polish-Jewish relations in the last two centuries. Among her most important works is the Assimilation of Jews in the Kingom of Poland (1864-1897) (published in 1989).[2] Her most cited work is The Image of the Jew in Polish Folk Culture (1st edition 1987), since then also published in English.[3] In recent years she published a variety of historical books on modern Polish-Jewish history, notably the ideological views of the last generation of Jewish-Polish youth before the war,[4] and the Polish-Jewish history between 1944 and 1968.

Controversy

In her 2009 interview for Rzeczpospolita dr. Cała expressed an opinion that Poles were co-responsible for the Holocaust.[5] Her interview caught the attention of the Institute of National Remembrance including both Prof. Andrzej Paczkowski, who's the head of its Collegium and dr. Piotr Gontarczyk; not to mention, dr Jerzy Woźniak, head of the government-sponsored Polish Society of War Veterans.[6] Prof. Andrzej Paczkowski explained in his subsequent interview with Super Express on 27 May 2009,[7] that unlike the Vichy French or the Romanian Antonescu regime, Poles did not form a pro-Nazi collaborationist government. Paczkowski appealed to Cała to acknowledge that even in presumably less antisemitic Holland the local administration helped the Germans with the Jewish population data which would have never taken place in occupied Poland where there was no such official policy.[7][8]

Further information: History of Poland (1939-1945)

References

  1. ^ Template:Pl icon Jewish Historical Institute (corporate author) (2002). "Autorzy". Biuletyn Żydowskiego Instytutu Historycznego: 607. ISSN 1425-9966. {{cite journal}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ Template:Pl icon Asymilacja Żydów w Królestwie Polskim 1864-1897; postawy, konflikty, stereotypy. Warsaw: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy. 1989. p. 407. ISBN 9788306017892. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ Template:En icon Alina Cała (1995). The image of the Jew in Polish folk culture. Jerusalem: Magnes Press, Hebrew University. p. 235. ISBN 9789652239006. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  4. ^ Template:Pl icon Alina Cała (2003). Ostatnie pokolenie: autobiografie polskiej młodzieży żydowskiej okresu mie̜dzywojennego ze zbiorów YIVO Institute for Jewish Research w Nowym Jorku. Warsaw: Sic!. p. 544. ISBN 9788388807381.
  5. ^ Template:Pl icon Piotr Zychowicz (2009). "Polacy jako naród nie zdali egzaminu". Rzeczpospolita (2009-05-25). ISSN 0208-9130. Retrieved 2009-12-23. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  6. ^ Sebastian Górkiewicz, Andrzej Arseniuk (27 May 2009). "PRZEGLĄD MEDIÓW – 27 maja 2009". Institute of National Remembrance. Retrieved December 23, 2009. To, co jest bardzo ważne i na co doktor Cała nie zwróciła uwagi to fakt, że w okupowanej Polsce nie było zorganizowanego antysemityzmu. Były działania jednostek, ale nie żadnych instytucji. To odróżnia Polskę od tego, co było w Rumunii, we Francji, a nawet w Holandii, gdzie urzędnicy przygotowywali dla Niemców spisy Żydów do wywiezienia. –Prof. Andrzej Paczkowski, president, Kolegium IPN, interview with Super Express, 27.05.2009
  7. ^ a b Template:Pl icon Franciszek Tyszka, Controversial article by emploee of Jewish Historical Institute dr. Alina Cała commented on by historian Prof. Andrzej Paczkowski, Super Express daily, 27.05.2009
  8. ^ Template:Pl icon PRZEGLĄD MEDIÓW – 27 maja 2009, Instytut Pamięci Narodowej (wersja tekstowa), 2009
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