Židé v meziválečném Polsku a odkazy jejich bojkotu jako obrany před antisemitismem : hospodářské, kulturní a společenské odezvy

During the interwar period, Poland experienced an unprecedented period of development at an economic, but also cultural and political level. In all these areas, the Jewish minority played an important role. Like elsewhere in Europe, expressions of anti-Semitism were manifest from the second half of the 19th century, and these grew with Jews’ emancipation and their successful involvement in politics, business, science and culture. Anti-Jewish sentiment and attacks against the Jewish population in Germany forced Jewish communities and associations in Europe to respond, and Poland was no exception. Shortly after the Polish delegation at the 1932 World Jewish Conference in Geneva, a precursor to the World Jewish Congress, proposed an economic boycott of Germany, the proposal became a global act, and the economic boycott of Nazi Germany became one of the weapons in the fight against the Nazi regime’s anti-Semitism.