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Our Chief, Piłsudski! Figure of the Marshal in Polish-language Jewish press in the inter-war period
Anna Landau-Czajka
Abstract
In the inter-war period there were about 200 Jewish journals published in Polish. In this press however, Poland and Poles received little attention. Piłsudski was one of the few Poles the press readers could learn more about. Taking into consideration diversity of political streams these journals represented, their attitude towards Polishes, other recipients, differ-ent perception of political reality and frequent mutual animosity, representation of Piłsudski might be one of the relatively few consistent aspects for the entire Jewish press issued in the Polish language. It is evident that after 1926 articles about Piłsudski had to appear, yet ob-ligation was not the only reason for writing about him; apart from the trite and perfunctory texts there were also some deeply emotional and significantly exceeding the necessary min-imum. For the Jewish journals Piłsudski was the unquestionable and only creator of inde-pendence in Poland and sometimes even of in entire Europe, who protected against Bolshe-vik onset. He was also the leader, protector of Jews, even though not engaged enough, and for Zionists a model to follow for those willing to restore Jewish state. Yet, the cult of Piłsudski in Jewish journals had specific political objectives. In the first years of independ-ence it was a form of attack on National Democracy, during the Sanation government it emphasized that according to the Marshal’s concept all state citizens had equal rights, after 1935 it served to justify that the Post-May Camp by discriminating Jews betrays his ideals.
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