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Hunt for the Jews
- Betrayal and Murder in German-Occupied Poland
- Narrated by: Charles Henderson Norman
- Length: 7 hrs
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Summary
Judenjagd, hunt for the Jews, was the German term for the organized searches for Jews who, having survived ghetto liquidations and deportations to death camps in Poland in 1942, attempted to hide "on the Aryan side". Jan Grabowski's penetrating microhistory tells the story of the Judenjagd in Dabrowa Tarnowska, a rural county in southeastern Poland, where the majority of the Jews in hiding perished as a consequence of betrayal by their Polish neighbors. Drawing on materials from Polish, Jewish, and German sources created during and after the war, Grabowski documents the involvement of the local Polish population in the process of detecting and killing the Jews who sought their aid. Through detailed reconstruction of events, this close-up account of the fates of individual Jews casts a bright light on a little-known aspect of the Holocaust in Poland.
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- SheilaZ
- 23-07-16
Worth Your Time
If you could sum up Hunt for the Jews in three words, what would they be?
Well researched history.
Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Charles Henderson Norman?
I would choose someone who would take the time to learn how to pronounce the names of the villages and towns. Everytime he murdered a pronunciation, it made me wince. I suppose it probably doesn't bother someone who isn't aware. However, I believe it shows a lack of respect to the story and the Polish language.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No
Any additional comments?
I live a village near Tarnów, so this book held personal interest for me. (I am not from Poland originally.) I've been to many of the towns and villages mentioned. This book is held in contempt by many here. It is considered by some to be misinformed, and by others to be a down right lie. I found it to be thought provoking and revealing. It is not an easy listen, nor should it be. The repeated citations and quotations are needed to justify to the listener that this is a book based on research, not simply repeated memories and wishful myths. World War Two wasn't a black and white, good guys-bad guys situation. There was a lot of grey, and that grey was deadly.
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- Customer in Hertfordshire
- 06-11-18
Deeply troubling hidden history.
Deeply troubling , a hard but necessary read More questions than answers. A hidden history which must be told. Gripping and disturbing but spoilt by the choice of narrator and his delivery. . If you can get beyond
that, it’s a must listen and learn.
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- Jonnie Berger
- 26-11-21
Excellent Account of Awful Events
Important historical work led down very badly by a poor choice of narrator. A European narrator with a real feel for the dramatic events and the ability to pronounce the names properly is called for. This narrator rushes through the text as if he is reading a shopping list and his thick American accent doesn't really fit the content. I am struggling to persevere.
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