Published : 2013-12-31

“Goniec Krakowski” about the German Occupational Authorities Policy towards the Jewish Population of General Government

Sebastian Piątkowski



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„Goniec Krakowski”, a newspaper issued in the General Government by the German occupational authorities for the Polish population (1939-1945), had a strongly anti-Jewish character. The language of many articles was primitive and brutal, as well as full of lies, distortions and insults. This anti-Jewish propaganda was based on an old conspiracy theo-ry, knowing from infamous Protocols of the Elders of Zion: Jews seeking to control the world economy, politics and culture. The subsequent stages of the German policy toward the Jews was justified by need of ‘liberation’ of Poles from the Jewish domination. One could find articles related to forced labor, restrictions on economic activities, measures of repression toward Jews; much attention was also paid to anti-Jewish agitation among the Poles. On the other hand, the mass extermination of Jews has been completely omitted by the newspaper.

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anti-Semitism, Goniec Krakowski, General Government, Krakow, Nazi propaganda, Zionism, Protocols of the Elders of Zion, repressions, forced labor, anti-Jewish agitations, extermination, Holocaust



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Piątkowski, S. (2013). “Goniec Krakowski” about the German Occupational Authorities Policy towards the Jewish Population of General Government. Jewish Studies. Almanac, 3(3), 59–76. https://doi.org/10.56583/sz.557

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