Jewish Life before World War II
Historian Jeffrey Shandler describes Jewish life in Poland before World War II.
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Historian Jeffrey Shandler describes Jewish life in Poland before World War II. Until 1933-1935 Polish Jews were not concerned by Europe’s changing political or social climate. Polish Jews believed they lived in post-war, not pre-war, Poland.
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