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Monika Rice reviewing the book for the ''[[Holocaust and Genocide Studies]]'' in 2013 praised the book for challenging the "idealized image of universal Polish willingness to rescue Jews [which] came to predominate in so much Polish scholarship" and concludes that her book "destroys a prevalent Polish myth that Jewish survivors were universally assisted by Poles" and that it is "an essential read for anyone genuinely interested in the Holocaust, Polish-Jewish relations, and Polish history".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Rice|first=Monika|date=2018-09-01|title=Such a Beautiful Sunny Day…: Jews Seeking Refuge in the Polish Countryside, 1942–1945Barbara Engelking|url=https://academic.oup.com/hgs/article/32/2/293/5079818|journal=Holocaust and Genocide Studies|language=en|volume=32|issue=2|pages=293–295|doi=10.1093/hgs/dcy035|issn=8756-6583}}</ref> |
Monika Rice reviewing the book for the ''[[Holocaust and Genocide Studies]]'' in 2013 praised the book for challenging the "idealized image of universal Polish willingness to rescue Jews [which] came to predominate in so much Polish scholarship" and concludes that her book "destroys a prevalent Polish myth that Jewish survivors were universally assisted by Poles" and that it is "an essential read for anyone genuinely interested in the Holocaust, Polish-Jewish relations, and Polish history".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Rice|first=Monika|date=2018-09-01|title=Such a Beautiful Sunny Day…: Jews Seeking Refuge in the Polish Countryside, 1942–1945Barbara Engelking|url=https://academic.oup.com/hgs/article/32/2/293/5079818|journal=Holocaust and Genocide Studies|language=en|volume=32|issue=2|pages=293–295|doi=10.1093/hgs/dcy035|issn=8756-6583}}</ref> |
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[[Havi Dreifuss]] reviewing this book as part of a series of books in the ''[[The American Historical Review]]'' noted that the work "makes a significant contribution to Holocaust research" and addresses the under-researched topic of the final stages of the Holocaust in Poland. He praises the book for " shattering the earlier division of people into categories of perpetrators, victims, and bystanders" and concluded that it "is another example of outstanding research by Barbara Engelking, whose research continues to change the discourse of Holocaust studies."<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dreifuss|first=Havi|date=2019-06-01|title=Omer Bartov. Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz; Barbara Engelking. Such a Beautiful Sunny Day . . . : Jews Seeking Refuge in the Polish Countryside, 1942–1945.|url=https://academic.oup.com/ahr/article/124/3/1029/5509720|journal=The American Historical Review|language=en|volume=124|issue=3|pages=1029–1033|doi=10.1093/ahr/rhz411|issn=0002-8762}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 02:17, 8 April 2020
Such a Beautiful Sunny Day: Jews Seeking Refuge in the Polish Countryside, 1942–1945 is a 2016 book by Polish historian Barbara Engelking. It was first published in Polish in 2012. It focuses on the subject matter of The Holocaust in Poland.
Reception
In a review of Engelking's book Such a Beautiful Sunny Day: Jews Seeking Refuge in the Polish Countryside, 1942–1945 (2016), first published in Polish in 2012, Grzegorz Rossoliński-Liebe wrote that it challenged the German tendency to neglect non-German Holocaust perpetrators, as well as the Polish tendency to view Poles in German-occupied Poland solely as victims.[1]
In 2013 historian Samuel Kassow described Engelking's work and that of three other scholars (Jan Grabowski, Alina Skibińska, and Dariusz Libionka) as a "historical achievement of the first order", undermining "the self-serving myths about Polish-Jewish relations in World War II".[2]
Monika Rice reviewing the book for the Holocaust and Genocide Studies in 2013 praised the book for challenging the "idealized image of universal Polish willingness to rescue Jews [which] came to predominate in so much Polish scholarship" and concludes that her book "destroys a prevalent Polish myth that Jewish survivors were universally assisted by Poles" and that it is "an essential read for anyone genuinely interested in the Holocaust, Polish-Jewish relations, and Polish history".[3]
Havi Dreifuss reviewing this book as part of a series of books in the The American Historical Review noted that the work "makes a significant contribution to Holocaust research" and addresses the under-researched topic of the final stages of the Holocaust in Poland. He praises the book for " shattering the earlier division of people into categories of perpetrators, victims, and bystanders" and concluded that it "is another example of outstanding research by Barbara Engelking, whose research continues to change the discourse of Holocaust studies."[4]
References
- ^ Rossolinski-Liebe, Grzegorz (18 April 2012). "Sammelrezension: Polnische Beteiligung am Holocaust" [Collective review: Polish participation in the Holocaust]. H-Soz-Kult (in German). Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ^ Kassow, Samuel (2013). "Essay review of: Jan Grabowski, Judenjagd, B. Engelking, Jest Taki Piekny Sloneczny dzien and B. Engelking and J. Grabowski, Zarys Krajobrazu". Yad Vashem Studies. v. 41 (1): 216–217.
- ^ Rice, Monika (2018-09-01). "Such a Beautiful Sunny Day…: Jews Seeking Refuge in the Polish Countryside, 1942–1945Barbara Engelking". Holocaust and Genocide Studies. 32 (2): 293–295. doi:10.1093/hgs/dcy035. ISSN 8756-6583.
- ^ Dreifuss, Havi (2019-06-01). "Omer Bartov. Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz; Barbara Engelking. Such a Beautiful Sunny Day . . . : Jews Seeking Refuge in the Polish Countryside, 1942–1945". The American Historical Review. 124 (3): 1029–1033. doi:10.1093/ahr/rhz411. ISSN 0002-8762.