Gregory's ServerWhat happened at Drancy?
Did the Poles actively participate in the rounding up and sending the Jews ( and of course, themselves, the Romany and many others ) to the death camps?
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 Have it your way. France's abject capitulation to the Nazis, the Milice, it may well be there were other governments who connived with the murder of the Jews - but Drancy was unique. It was French. |
@tuban_muzuru @bojacobs Many did, absolutely, and Kaczyński's government was hell-bent on covering it up: https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-historians-under-attack-for-exploring-polands-role-in-the-holocaust
Jews faced intense repressions and the Polish government wanted to deport them even before the German invasion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Poland
Having said all that, there were an immense numbers of individual Poles who helped Jews and risked their lives for it, and therefore the overall role of Poland in Holocaust is debated.
Edit: I believe Drancy is included in the 75k.
@tuban_muzuru @bojacobs Many did, absolutely, and Kaczyński's government was hell-bent on covering it up: https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-historians-under-attack-for-exploring-polands-role-in-the-holocaust
Jews faced intense repressions and the Polish government wanted to deport them even before the German invasion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Poland