Przytyk pogrom

The Przytyk pogrom or Przytyk riots[1] occurred between the Polish and Jewish communities in Przytyk,[2] Radom County, Kielce Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic, on March 9, 1936.[3] Previously, on January 28, authorities had suspended the weekly market for four weeks because of the fear of violence from the violent anti-Semitic Endek (sic, Endecja) party.[4] The disorder began as a small dispute between a Jewish baker and a Polish farmer selling his wares.[5][6] Disturbances took on such a severe dimension as a result of the use of firearms by Jews.[7] According to historian Emanuel Melzer, it was the most notorious incident of antisemitic violence in Poland in the interwar period, and attracted worldwide attention, being one of a series of pogroms that occurred in Poland during the years immediately before the outbreak of World War II.[8] The term pogrom is contested by some sources, who are asserting that the word "riot" might be more suitable as the violence was unplanned and some Polish historians hold the opinion that the Jewish side might have started the disturbance.[1]

  1. ^ a b Green, David B. (2016-03-09). "1936: Pogrom Erupts in Przytyk, for Which Jews Would Be Blamed". Haaretz. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference polin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Gilbert, Martin (1986). The Holocaust: A History of the Jews of Europe During the Second World War. Henry Holt and Company. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-03-062416-2.
  4. ^ "Two Jews Killed In Poland Rioting", Jewish Telegraphic Agency report, March 9, 1936, in The New York Times, March 10, 1936.
  5. ^ Problematyka żydowska na łamach prasy akademickiej w okresie międzywojennym Agnieszka Graboń Małopolskie Centrum Doskonalenia Nauczycieli w Krakowie, 2008 page 119
  6. ^ Między dwoma światami: Żydzi w polskiej kulturze ludowej Ewa Banasiewicz-Ossowska Polskie Tow. Ludoznawcze, 2007, page 33
  7. ^ Gontarczyk (2000), pp. 70, 193
  8. ^ Melzer, Emanuel. No Way Out: The Politics of Polish Jewry 1935-1939. Monographs of the Hebrew Union College 19. Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press, 1997.