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According to the book’s author, nearly 200,000 Polish Jews fought against Nazi Germany in the ranks of the Polish Armies on Polish soil and in exile. They defended Poland in September 1939 against the German aggression and they fought in the Polish Armies in exile. Despite the tremendous Jewish military contribution to the Polish war efforts, the official Polish historical bibliography of WWII ignores this Jewish phenomena. The purpose of this book is to rectify this historical injustice and to commemorate the Jewish Fighters in the struggle against Nazi Germany. The book identifies nearly 5,000 Polish-Jewish officers, giving their name, birth date, military rank and service branch, and death circumstances when applicable. Originally published by the Association of Jewish War Veterans of Polish Armies in Israel. 8½" x 11" 300 pp. softcover $30.00

Contents

Foreword by Martin Gilbert	i
Acknowledgements 	iii
Author’s Introduction	v
Milestones of the Polish Struggle for Independence - Chronological Table	1
Jews Fighting for Poland’s Independence: A Concise Historical Review	7
Preface	9
In the Second Republic 1918 - 1939	10
The Second World War Begins - September 1939	15
In the Polish Armed Forces in Exile	19
	- The Polish Army in France	19
	- The Independent Mountain Brigade in Norway 	21
	- The Independent Carpathian Gunners Brigade	21
	- Anders Army formed in the USSR	23
	- The Polish Army East - Second Polish Corps. The Italian Campaign 	25
	- The Polish Army West - The Polish Army in the United Kingdom	27
The Polish Peoples Army formed in the USSR	29
The Statistical Summary	33
List No. 1:
Jews - Officers in the Polish Army in the September 1939 Campaign	39
List No. 2:
Jews - Officers in the Polish Armed Forces in Exile	197
List No. 3:
Jews - Officers in the Polish Peoples Army	221
List No. 4:
Jewesses - Officers in the Polish Peoples Army	293
Abbreviations	307
Bibliography 	311
Author’s Farewell Words 	315
Excerpts from the reviews of the "Jewish Military Casualties in the Polish Armies in World War II"	317